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How Does Domestic Violence Affect Male Victims
Articles Mar 22, 2024 0

How Does Domestic Violence Affect Male Victims

Domestic violence is violence committed by someone in the victim’s domestic circle. This includes partners, ex-partners, immediate family members, relatives, and friends. The term ‘domestic violence’ is used when there is a close relationship between the offender and the victim. There is usually a power gap between them, and the victim is sometimes dependent on […]

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Daughter’s Right in Ancestral Property – Case Analysis
Judgement Analysis Mar 22, 2024 0

Daughter’s Right in Ancestral Property – Case Analysis

CASE ANALYSIS Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma, CIVIL APPEAL NO. DIARY NO.32601 OF 2018, decided on 11.08.2020 On 11.08.2020, the Supreme Court came out with a judgment about the Daughter’s Rights in Ancestral Property. The same was reported in various newspapers misleadingly as the Daughter’s Right in HUF Property or Parental Property, which is not […]

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Sole testimony in rape cases. What is the test?
Judgement Analysis Mar 22, 2024 0

Sole testimony in rape cases. What is the test?

Sole testimony not of sterling quality, it cannot be relied upon: Avinash Kr. Sharma v. State of Haryana, Case Analysis Decision of Trial Court challenged ‘X’ is aggrieved by the order of conviction passed against him by the learned Addl. Sessions Judge, Jind in FIR No.738 dated 10.09.2013 under Sections 376 (2) (f) (i) IPC […]

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Legal requirements for Mobile App ecommerce business in India
Articles Mar 22, 2024 0

Legal requirements for Mobile App ecommerce business in India

Today, there is an app for almost everything, from buying vegetables to fixing up an appointment with a doctor. Smartphone and Internet penetration has ensured Indians now have the services they need at their fingertips. Though shopping apps still command a high percentage of market share, we are lately seeing creative and valuable applications in […]

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Consensual Sex Converted to Rape
rape Mar 21, 2024 0

Consensual Sex Converted to Rape

How is Consensual Sex converted to Rape? Many Indians accept that rape laws should not be used to manage personal relations, particularly in situations where women have agency and are entering into a relationship by choice and consent. Many in the judiciary, too, seem to share this opinion and, that to some extent, explains why […]

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FAQs: Shared Household
Articles Mar 20, 2024 0

FAQs: Shared Household

What is the meaning of sharing household? I had written an article previously on the differentiation of domestic relationships, shared households and marital homes. The term marital home finds no mention in the act. Still, there are many queries about the ‘Right of Residence’, which is covered under Section 19, as the number of cases of […]

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What Is Article 21 Of The Indian Constitution?
Articles Mar 20, 2024 0

What Is Article 21 Of The Indian Constitution?

“No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to a procedure established by law.” According to Bhagwati, J., Article 21 “embodies a constitutional value of supreme importance in a democratic society.” Iyer, J., has characterized Article 21 as “the procedural magna carta protective of life and liberty. This right has […]

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How Courts Decide Maintenance? Deciding Factors for Maintenance.
Articles Mar 20, 2024 0

How Courts Decide Maintenance? Deciding Factors for Maintenance.

How Courts Decide Maintenance Over and over again, whenever there is a dispute in the marriage, one question arises. How much maintenance has to be given to the wife? The question also takes many shapes, from I earn X amount, how much maintenance I have n children, how much maintenance She file for divorce, so […]

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Children of Warring Couples. Custody Battles. Parental Alienation. Indian Laws.
Articles Mar 20, 2024 0

Children of Warring Couples. Custody Battles. Parental Alienation. Indian Laws.

Children of Warring Couples. Custody Battles. Parental Alienation. Indian Laws. The most vulnerable segment of society to the COVID-19 outbreak is the children, not just physically but mentally as well. They are confined to their homes, and suddenly, their life has seen a 360 turn. They don’t know what is happening around them. They can’t […]

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