Monday 21 September 2015

The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015

The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2015

Giving more teeth to them in order to make tribunals directives enforceable in the same manner as those of courts. The amendments to this Bill are based on the Law Commission’s recommendations and suggestions received from stakeholders.

Right To Maintenance Section 125 crpc

Right To Maintenance Section 125 crpc
n the case of Chanmuniya Vs. Chanmuniya Virendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha and Anr. The appellant have been married off to one Virendra Kumar Singh in accordance with the local custom of Katha and Sindur. The High Court in its findings have opined that the essentials of a valid Hindu marriage, as required under Section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act, had not been performed, thus the respondent was not the husband of the appellant.

Role of Judiciary In Strengthening PIL

Role of Judiciary In Strengthening PIL
The important object of Public Interest Litigation is to safeguard the Public interest, Human Rights and protect constitutional and legal rights of disadvantaged and weaker section of the society.

Sexual Harassment of women at work

Sexual Harassment of women at work
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 & Rules made therein

Crusading against child sexual abuse through law, introspecting the POSCO

Crusading against child sexual abuse through law, introspecting the POSCO

Both men and women can be offenders under the POSCO Act. (Two offences, which involves penetration by the penis, can be perpetrated only by men, specifically under section mentioned below:



Section 3: A person is said to commit “penetrative sexual assault” if (a) “he penetrates his penis, to any extent, into the vagina, mouth, urethra, or anus of a child or makes the child to do so with him or any other person”; Since the words “any other person” are used in Section 3(a), women may also be offenders or victims under the second part of Section 3(a).