As lockdown eased and alcohol vends opened up, long denied tipplers across India lined up to get their fix. But amid all the serpentine lines, one picture drew special mention: a queue of women in Bangalore waiting patiently for their turn. Filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma mocked them, saying “so much for protecting women against drunken…
There was a 4:1 verdict in the NJAC case. It was stripped down from the 99th constitutional amendment act. J. Jasti Chelameswar alone mentioned against the collegium system. According to him, an independent system of judiciary created a confidence in society, the increasing pending cases before the courts was not a sign of efficiency. He…
This article introduces the discussion of legal responses to violence against women. It provides the context for the more detailed examination of those legal issues to which the courts can respond. Its objective is to show the many ways in which violence is relevant to legal disputes, even where it is not the direct issue…
Criminal laws in India are highly concerned with the safety, welfare and security of women such laws laid down various provisions that protect the women from several authorities of criminal nature. However, it is clear that the culprit does not resort to any particular class. An offender may be of any class, creed, race, sex…
Introduction to article 21 Article 21 of the constitution deals with the right to life in which several basic rights has been provided to the every citizen of the country. The rights are on the basis of basic needs of a person which are required to live life with dignity. So article 21 is defined…
The word empowerment means enabling one to gain control over one’s life and claiming one’s right. Women empowerment is the movement that ensures the participation of women in the social, economic, and political sphere. It is the upliftment of the female gender. Earlier, women were sidelined, they were nonexistent in society. But time, women began…
Although till date many rights, schemes, laws has been enacted and provided to women but inspite of that, women’s safety and protection in our country is still a big issue and problem. And not only in our country but also in other under developed and developing country, women condition is very deteriorate and they have…
“When it comes to abuse, you believe there’s no way out. There is always help. There is always a way out.” Rev. Donna Mulvey Domestic Violence: Is an aggressive behaviour within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner. It is not only done by husbands but is an abuse even…
India stands as the largest democracy around the globe populated by 1.3 billion people. This democracy has outlawed human trafficking constitutionally and has manifested the fundamental right of being free from exploitation for every person. On the 9th day of January 1953, India had endorsed to the trafficking convention and was prompted to the “Convention…
#ME TOO MOVEMENT If you frequently use the social media than you may surely see the #metoo on twitter, Facebook or Instagram and more. What does the movement is all about you will by the end of this article basically in simple words the movement is for sexual harassment, sexual assault or bulling victims who…
