The Anti-Dowry Section 498A is the most abused law in India, which is routinely used by resentful women to harass the husband and in-laws even at the cost of ripping the family apart, writes Sonal Aggarwal. If there is one law that has been abused the most in the country and is dreaded by family counsellors, it’s the Anti-Dowry Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. “A happy marriage is a harbour in the tempest of life, an unhappy marriage is a tempest in the harbour of life” suits aptly to the entangled mesh of socio-legal issues that surround modern-day…
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The laws to protect women are in place, but unfortunately some of them are manipulating situations and filing false charges against men. The legal machinery needs to be updated to protect men too, writes Manu Shrivastava. If there is anyone who has harmed women empowerment, it’s women themselves. India is one of the rare nations in the world that has the maximum number of legislations to protect women and provide socio-legal support for their development and empowerment. And sadly, also among the rarest where the same laws meant to protect women are highly misused by them to serve ulterior motives,…
For the masses, as opposed to intelligentsia, it’s imperative that justice must be done and also seen as done, writes Gajanan Khergamker. The gang-rape of a female physiotherapist in Delhi was the trigger for the row of disasters that occurred in the recent past. That it was followed by emotional outbursts in the Parliament with MPs ‘demanding death penalty for rapists in feverish pitches’ was expected; a rhetoric peppered with theatrics for the galleries was a given considering the occasion. Erstwhile rape law was deliberated What was conveniently ignored was that the law on rape, as on every other issue,…
The goodwill that the #MeToo movement generated was swiftly lost in the surge of fake complaints and failure to follow up legally, writes Kriti Kalra. The two words that remained a constant in the newspapers the last couple of years were #MeToo. In India, the movement, inspired by a similar global campaign, created a storm where allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct were levelled against several ‘famous’ men from the entertainment and media industries, some events dating back to more than two decades. Soon after, social media platforms became the perfect breeding ground for more such allegations that were confined…
Freedom as a concept is discussed and debated by one and all. That said, the freedom with all its variations, extent of reach as a legal right is subjective, says Gajanan Khergamker. Freedom is, arguably enough, the most cherished right of mankind. And, among them all guaranteed by the Indian Constitution under Article 19, it’s the Freedom of Speech and Expression that fashionably affects all Indians at the onset. Why, even the exercise of dissent towards the violation of any freedom pivots upon the most basic of them all…speech and expression. It is this very freedom that primarily guarantees the…
Religion, Equality and Gender Rights are serious issues. Yet, claiming ignorance after breaking any law to obtain justice is no defence, says Gajanan Khergamker. The Sabarimala imbroglio had been a populist bone of contention for political parties that have, surprisingly, aligned despite legendary differences for fear of upsetting a sizeable religious faction. The issues here are primarily dual in nature. The Right to Equality of women being compromised by an arguably ‘patriarchal’ custom barring those of menstrual age entry is in direct opposition to the religious freedom of the Sabarimala Temple Authorities in conducting their internal affairs. The September 2018…
Amritsar is a historic city in every sense of the term. The Golden Temple is its heartbeat, a must visit no doubt, but a day or two in the city offers so much more. The Partition Museum is a new attraction in the heritage zone. Yes, there is much to do even without a visit to the Wagah-Attari border, about 35 kilometres away, in a footloose kind of way. Text & Photographs : Manjira Majumdar It is a lovely balmy day in Delhi and my family and I board the Shatabdi Express on a late February afternoon. The train journey…
Ganesh R Iyer (63), a Management Consultant in Sports and Operational Efficiencies, was CEO for 17 years with W H Brady & Co Ltd; Managing Committee member of Mumbai Cricket Association for seven years; Convenor of the Infrastructure Committee of MCA responsible for setting up the Indoor Cricket Academy in 2007-08 and revamping the Wankhede Stadium, from 2009-2011 and General Manager with MCA for World Cup 2011. He retired on superannuation as National Panel Umpire of the BCCI in February 2012. Moving away from competitive matches of MCS from March 2020, two years in advance to promote younger talent, he is…
Innovation is rarely associated with vegetables, fruits or spices. Hiren Bose introduces us to some of the farmer innovators of India who have developed crop varieties, which besides being high-yielding, are pest-resistant and can be grown in a non-traditional environment. Sixty-four-year old Navnath Malhari Kaspate is a farmer innovator having developed a new variety of custard apple. Called NMK-01 (Golden), the variety is preferred among prospective custard apple growers and is presently being grown in 15 states of India. Kaspate holds IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) for the variety, he has developed. The term ‘farmer-innovator’ is a very recent…
The success of the Delhi education model in schools has caught the attention of other state governments in the country who are now looking at replicating it to improve the quality of education, writes Poorvi Bose. Delhi government schools have seen the best-ever CBSE class 12th Board results with a pass percentage of 94.24% in 2019 – girls 96.3% and boys at 91.48%. This is a vast improvement from total pass percentage of 90.64% in 2018 and 88.27% in 2017. There is an overall improvement in the quality of education in government schools of the capital, courtesy the Delhi…