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03-Apr-2023

The evolution of women’s property rights under the Hindu Succession Act The real change occurred 50 years later, in 2005, despite several attempts in the previous century. However, due to societal patriarchy and lack of implementation, Indian Hindu women have not been able to realize their property rights.

31-Mar-2023

Reflecting on Transgender Rights in 2023: Have Legal Recognition and Advocacy Efforts Broken the Cycle of Discrimination and Ostracism? On International Transgender Day of Visibility, CJP evaluates India's progress in promoting transgender welfare

22-Mar-2023

Union of India opposes the Right to Same Sex Marriage in the SC A skewed interpretation of Articles 14, 15 and 21 misinforms the union’s affidavit in the constitutional bench

15-Mar-2023

Is Caste name calling not an offence under the SC/ST Act? Courts have given contrasting views over the years

09-Mar-2023

How many lives will it take before India acknowledges dominant caste hegemony in educational institutes? CJP reviews anti-discriminatory guidelines failing Dalit-Adivasi students, costing precious lives like those of Darshan Solanki and Rohith Vemula

16-Feb-2023

Why POSCO provisions added in these cases and where is the need for custodial interrogation? Guwahati HC questions ‘crackdown on child marriages’ and grants anticipatory bail in several cases How lawful is the application of POCSO, IPC (Rape), and PCMA as the number of Muslim men being arrested and thrown into jails rises in Assam, Guwahati HC questions

03-Feb-2023

Bombay HC rules that married women may terminate pregnancies because of foetal health conditions A recent court case, ABC vs. State of Maharashtra, held that it was the woman and not the medical board who could make this decision under Section 3(2B) of MTP Act.

31-Jan-2023

Making a case against capital punishment Taking the rational argument among the people will build support for its abolition

30-Jan-2023

चरवाहों का पोस्टकार्ड अभियान: ब्रिटिश राज के काले कानून, वन अधिनियम 1927 को वापस लिया जाए लगभग 10,000 पोस्टकार्ड और चिट्ठियाँ पहुंची महाराष्ट्र के मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालय

25-Jan-2023

Inequality in India-Undesired yet Prevalent While the Constitution expressly warns against wealth concentration, Indian society is rife with inequality

24-Jan-2023

No policy on orphan protection, a dire necessity: Covid-19 pandemic The wide scale suffering by India’s orphans during and after the pandemic is worsened by the absence of a legal framework

20-Jan-2023

It is Certainty that Governs Rule of Law that establishes Supremacy of the Constitution

18-Jan-2023

An overview of dissent in the NJAC case An analysis on the dissent by Justice Chelameswar

14-Jan-2023

Ambiguity, a feature of India’s refugee policy Between constitutional courts there are differing interpretations and at the executive level a reluctance to provide even basic rights

11-Jan-2023

CJP analyses India’s contradictory jurisprudence: SC takes cognisance of petitions demanding criminalising of marital rape New petition challenges Exception 2 to Section 375, that has done away with ingredient of ‘consent’

21-Dec-2022

Anti-Conversion Laws: Are forced conversions a myth or reality? Available data clearly shows up the bogey of “forced religious conversions” for what it is, another stick to beat marginalised minorities with – a resource

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