Indian Laws regarding Safety of Women and Children

What Are the Consequences of Sexual Harassment in India?

Tagged: Important Law Q&A, India, Law, Life, Women and Children

Sexual harassment under section 354A of the Indian Penal Code is punished with imprisonment up to three years or fine or both. Here’s more.KEEP READING

Menstruation Benefits Bill – What You Need to Know!

Tagged: Articles, Safety, Women and Children

Menstruation Benefits Bill seeks to get certain rights for women during menstruation. Let us see its Objectives, Provisions, and the Debate around it.KEEP READING

Financial rights of a woman during divorce

What Are the Financial Rights of Hindu Woman at the Time of Divorce?

Tagged: Important Law Q&A, India, Marriage, Relationship, Women and Children

At the time of divorce the woman has the following rights: 1. Right to Streedhan. 2. Right to Property. 3. Right to Maintenance. 4. Right to Child Custody.KEEP READING

What Are the Legal Consequences of Sexual Harassment at the Workplace?

Tagged: Important Law Q&A, India, Life, Safety, Women and Children

Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code deals with punishment for sexual harassment. It can be rigorous imprisonment for up to 3 years or a fine or both.KEEP READING

Rape in India – IPC

Tagged: Articles, India, Indian Penal Code, Rape, Women and Children

India is a developing country, but still, rape is a persisting problem at present. Rape is a mark of disgrace that has existed in India for a long time.KEEP READING

Special Marriage Act, 1954

Tagged: Bare Acts, Marriage, Muslim Marriage, Women and Children

Special Marriage Act, 1954 An Act to provide a special form of marriage in certain cases, for the registration of such and certain other marriages and for divorce. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows- Chapter I of Special Marriage ActKEEP READING

Law for Maintenance of Parents, Wife, and Children in India

Tagged: Code of Criminal Procedure, Marriage, Notes, Women and Children

According to section 125 of CrPC, a person having sufficient means is bound to maintain:-
I. His Wife (unable to maintain herself).
II. His legitimate or illegitimate minor child, whether married or not (unable to maintain himself/herself).
III. His legitimate or illegitimate child (not a married daughter) who has attained majority, if the child is physically or mentally abnormal or having any injury by which he/she is unable to maintain himself/herself.
IV. His father or mother (unable to maintain himself/herself)KEEP READING

Statement of Eye Witness or Opinion of Doctor? What Matters More in a Rape Case?

Tagged: Important Law Q&A, Safety, Supreme Court, Women and Children

Where the eyewitnesses account is found credible and trustworthy, a medical opinion pointing to the alternative possibilities cannot be accepted as conclusive.

So we can conclude that the court does not neglect any evidence. It considers all pieces of evidence put before it and relies on that which is worthy of credit and trust.KEEP READING

Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow

Tagged: Articles, Government, Life, news, Women and Children

National girl child day is observed on 24th January every year, which tends to promote the rights of every girl child.

The theme for this year is- “Empowering Girls for a Brighter Tomorrow.”
The initiative taken by the current government to spread awareness among people about girl child is appreciable.KEEP READING

Laws and Policies for Protection of Children in India

Tagged: Life, Notes, The Indian Constitution, Women and Children

Children build a nation. Look at these Constitutional provisions, articles, and other important acts that protect a child from labour and bad childhood.

Article 21A
Article 24
Article 39(e)
Article 39(f)
Article 45
Other ArticlesKEEP READING

Maintenance Under The Criminal Procedure Code

Tagged: Code of Criminal Procedure, Notes, Women and Children

Maintenance means to give necessary supplies to a person for survival. It includes shelter, food, and clothing, and every aspect of human life, which is essential for survival and existence.

Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1908, provides maintenance for the wife, children, and parents.

Section 125 of CrPC is secular in nature.KEEP READING

Death Punishment for Every Rape Has a Problem!

Tagged: Rape, Women and Children

Offenders of sexual assault who are menace to the civilised society should be mercilessly and inexorably punished in the severest terms.

“Judges who bear the sword of justice should not hesitate to use that sword with the utmost severity, if the gravity of the offence so demands.”KEEP READING