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#MaritalRape and the Indian legal scenario #mustshare #Vaw

Priyanka Rath seeks to bring out the laws regarding rape in India while concentrating on the position of marital rape and its recognition as an offence by the system and the attitude of the society and the judiciary towards marital rape…. Continue Reading →

#India-Criminal recognition to #maritalrape in India is long overdue #Vaw

Madhavi Rajadhyaksha, TNN Dec 4, 2012, 10.26PM IST   MUMBAI: A case in a Delhi court this week has put the spotlight on a crucial lacuna in the criminal justice system in India. Marital rape is not recognised under the Indian… Continue Reading →

Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings #Vaw #Honorkillings

Dictated by land Author(s): Richard Mahapatra, down to earth Date: Nov 30, 2012 It was a season of sons-in-law in Haryana. In October, the Congress-ruled state government scrambled to clean its records in the face of alleged undue favours to… Continue Reading →

UP Govt announces target sterilization against National Policy # Coercion

  The UP Government announces sterilisation targets for Azamgarh District for the months Novermber and December:   According to the letter issued by the Chief Medical Officer (Azamgarh), dated 30.10.2012, number P.K. Camp/2012-2013/14896-03 The target for sterilisation announced for the… Continue Reading →

Monograph – #UID is not yours- #Aadhaar #privacy #Identity #mustshare

Government and UIDAI vigorously promote the UID scheme. They claim various benefits, like reduction in corruption, euphemistically termed – “Leakages”, in government’s welfare measures. these claims are made based on conjecture, whim, feelings, and perhaps, some hope. A huge scheme,… Continue Reading →

Minor gang-raped, nine held in Chhattisgarh #Vaw

  Press Trust of India | Updated: December 03, 2012 19:50 IST Raipur: A 15-year-old tribal girl was allegedly gang-raped in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh and nine persons, including two minor boys, were arrested in this case, police said on Monday…. Continue Reading →

Married off at 11, Maharashtran girl wins battle for education #Vaw #childmarriage

By Ranjana Diggikar, TNN | Dec 1, 2012, MORE Prevention of Child Marriage Act|Mukundwadi police station|Cidco MIDC police|Child Welfare Committee An 11-year-old girl from a small village in Aurangabad district walked into the Mukundwadi police station a couple of days… Continue Reading →

Faking news: Babus, netas discuss how to loot cash transfers #UID #Aadhar

DNA / Rahul Roushan / Saturday, December 1, 2012 9:00 IST Corrupt officials, leaders, businessmen, and criminals from 51 districts of India met here early today to devise plans to loot the cash that would be transferred to the poor… Continue Reading →

Fact Finding-Killing of civilians at Bhaliaguda in Odisha

23-11-2012, Press Release   Following media reports of an encounter between the police and Maoists in Gajapathi district of Odisha on November 14 leading to the death of 5 Maoists, a team of the Human Rights Forum (HRF) enquired into… Continue Reading →

Man killed after exposing khaps on TV, wife fears she will be killed #SatyamevJayate #AamirKhan #Honorkilling

S Raju, Hindustan Times and Dainik Bhaskar, CNNIBN Meerut, November 26, 2012 Casual labourer Abdul Hakim, 29, who exposed the ugly face of khap panchayats against lovers in Aamir Khan’s TV show Satyamev Jayate earlier this year was eliminated in full… Continue Reading →

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