by Administrator | Aug 5, 2014 | Criminal Laws, Law Reviews, Women Related Laws
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 is the Central legislation which aims to safeguard woman from the evil practice of sexual harassment at work place. The Lok Sabha approved the bill in September 2012 whereas...
by Administrator | Aug 2, 2014 | Articles, Criminal Laws, Women Related Laws
In 1997, India witnesses one of the appalling incidents where a social worker in State of Rajasthan was harshly gang raped at the workplace. This ruthless incident raised a number of legal issues and realized the lack of social legislation or legal principles to...
by Administrator | Oct 28, 2013 | Family Law, Law Reviews, Women Related Laws
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act is a Central legislation enacted in 1986 to safeguard the rights of divorced Muslim women who have been separated from their husband either by themselves or by the husband. The Act was passed to invalidate the...
by Administrator | Oct 27, 2013 | Family Law, Law Reviews, Women Related Laws
The fundamental purpose for providing maternity leave is to preserve the self-respect for motherliness, protect the health of women, complete safety of the child etc. Due to the increasing number of women employees in the government and private sector, it became...
by Administrator | Oct 26, 2013 | Criminal Laws, Family Law, Law Reviews, Women Related Laws
The offering of presents, gifts or finance as dowry is a long practice prevailing in Indian society. In India, the 1986 Constitutional Amendment inserted Section 304B in Indian Penal Code (IPC) which punishes dowry death and the 1983 Amendment inserted Section 498A of...
by Administrator | Oct 26, 2013 | Criminal Laws, Family Law, Law Reviews, Women Related Laws
In India, women are facing different marital problems like dowry death, domestic violence, sexual offenses, outraging modesty etc. The conduct of a person in the marital relationship or in the family by acting cruelly, physical attack or abusing the spouse in any...
