Author: NitiRiti Bureau

 The Supreme Court on Friday observed a curious anomaly in the law relating to marital rape. While the law doesn’t criminalise marital rape, it criminalises marital molestation.  The bench observed this while noting that the issue of the legality of marital rape of adult women was still pending in court, and it wouldn’t look at this aspect. The bench quoted an earlier judgement to say that while Article 21 gives a fundamental right to a girl child to live a life of dignity, an early marriage takes away the self-esteem and confidence of a girl child and subjects her, in…

Nitiriti Bureau New Delhi, September 29 A married woman raped by her husband can seek to abort her unborn foetus on this ground without having to prove this, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. Intimate partner violence is a reality and can take the form of rape causing a woman to become pregnant, a bench, led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said. His remarks assume significance as Indian law doesn’t treat marital rape as rape under an exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code. This has been challenged in the top court and a constitution bench is expected to…

NitiRiti Bureau  The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that CIS gender women will also get the benefits entitled to other women under India’s Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) laws. In an unprecedented ruling, the top court said that all women be it married or unmarried or those raped or subjected to incest will be entitled to terminate their pregnancies. To interpret the law otherwise would be violative of the right to equality guaranteed to all women, a bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. The term “woman” used in this judgment, will include persons other than cis-gender women who may require…

NitiRiti Bureau The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that CIS gender women will also get the benefits entitled to other women under India’s Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) laws. In an unprecedented ruling, the top court said that all women be it married or unmarried or those raped or subjected to incest will be entitled to terminate their pregnancies. To interpret the law otherwise would be violative of the right to equality guaranteed to all women, a bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. The term “woman” used in this judgment, will include persons other than cis-gender women who may require…

Which law deals with noise pollution?The noise pollution rules, 2000, deal with noise pollution. These rules fix the acceptable noise pollution norms, flesh out the exceptions and lay out the penalties that can be imposed on those violating these norms but are often thrown to the winds. What does it say about using a loud speaker or a public address system?A loud speaker or a public address system shall not be used except after obtaining written permission from the competent authority. This could be the DM, the Commissioner of Police, or any other officer not below the rank of Deputy…

What does the uniform civil code refer to?Uniform Civil Code essentially refers to a common set of laws which will govern personal and familial matters such as marriage, divorce, maintenance, adoption, inheritance, and succession. Why do we have a common criminal code but not civil code?The British enacted a common criminal code for India, but no uniform civil code possibly in view of the religious sensitivities of the locals. Instead, they left personal laws governing different religious communities in this country intact. Does the Constitution speak of a uniform civil code?Article 44 of the Constitution enjoins the government to enact…

क्या है ये तीनों कानूनभारत में नागरिक संशोधन कानून यानी (CAA) को लेकर पिछले कुछ सालों से लगातार सवाल खड़े हो रहे हैं। इसके साथ दो और कानून हैं जिसे लेकर प्रश्न उठाये जा रहे हैं और वो दोनों कानून हैं नेशनल पॉपुलेशन रजिस्टर (NPR) और नेशनल रजिस्टर फॉर सिटिजन (NRC)। क्या ये तीनों कानून आपस में जुड़े हुए हैं, इसे लेकर क्या आपस में विवाद है, इस कानून के लागू से क्या होगा और इससे आपकी जिंदगी में क्या होगा, ये सारी बातें आज हम आपको बताएंगे? नागरिक संशोधन अधिनियम किसको कहते हैं और इसे लाने के पीछे सरकार…

क्या है आर्थिक आधार पर आरक्षण ?क्या सरकारी नौकरियों और शैक्षणिक संस्थानों में आर्थिक रुप से कमजोर वर्ग को 10 फीसदी आऱक्षण देना सही है या नहीं, देश की सबसे बड़ी अदालत की पांच जजों की संवैधानिक पीठ इसकी जांच कर रही है। लेकिन इसे लेकर विवाद क्या है और क्यों इसका विरोध होता रहा है, आज हम इसकी जांच करेंगे। भारत सरकार ने आर्थिक रुप से कमज़ोर वर्ग को सरकारी नौकरियों और शैक्षणिक संस्थानों में 10 फीसदी आरक्षण का फैसला लिया। इसके लिए संविधान में संशोधन किया गया जिसे एक सौ तीनवां संशोधन(The Constitution (one hundred and third amendment)…