Bombay High Court (when will they switch to calling themselves Mumbai HC, next century?) has decided that 6 months waiting period in mutual consent divorce under Sec 13 of HMA is not required if a divorce petition between couple was already pending in court and was converted to mutual consent divorce. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Divorce-cases-HC-says-scrap-6-month-cool-off-period/articleshow/5695938.cms The case pertained to a couple married under the Hindu Marriage Act in 2005, who had lived together for a year before separating. The husband then filed for divorce a year later. Both traded charges of cruelty and harassment, but soon agreed to bury the hatchet and withdrew their allegations. In December 2009, they filed consent terms for a mutual divorce plea and sought a … [Read more...] about Mumbai HC waives 6 month waiting period in mutual divorce
False rape case decided based on mobile phone call records
So if a man is accused of false rape, and if you have been talking before to accuser on mobile phone etc, make sure to get the call records produced as evidence, and go to high court in appeal if trial court convicts you. This is what the high court had to say about trial court’s work: 16. How has the learned Trial Judge dealt with the aforesaid evidence? 17. To our mind, in a most clumsy and injudicious manner. . … … 18. The learned Trial Judge has treated the issue as if it was child play. Full judgment with important points in bold goes below: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crl.A.No.5/2008 Page 1 of 9 R-12 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI … [Read more...] about False rape case decided based on mobile phone call records
You think feminism made US women happy? Data says just opposite
From a working paper published under aegis of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the happiness level of US women has been declining since 1970 to this date. The abstract of the article is given below: Abstract By many objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women’s happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men. The paradox of women’s declining relative well- being is found across various datasets, measures of subjective well-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher … [Read more...] about You think feminism made US women happy? Data says just opposite
Real reason why government wants ‘dowry evil’ to continue!
When there were few deaths of students due to ragging, there was much outcry and government showed its resolve to put an end to ragging by establishing an anti-ragging helpline. See the information on anti-ragging helpline on website of department of higher education below: http://www.education.nic.in/UHE/Antiragging.asp Further the complaints on the number can be made in 10 languages. Now our government is really ashamed of dowry deaths as per news below: http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-71390.html New Delhi, Mar 16 : Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today said dowry death is a shame and a blot on the society. Ms Kumar's observation came during Question Hour. Earlier, Home Minister P Chidambaram emphasised that people who kill their young wives for the sake of … [Read more...] about Real reason why government wants ‘dowry evil’ to continue!
Applicability of section 340 of CrPC, and 194 of IPC etc
A case of perjury under CrPC 340 where even though some witnesses had given contradictory statements in civil and criminal cases between same parties, a perjury case under CrPC 340 was not allowed by high court, due mainly to technicalities about applicability of CrPC 340 to facts of the case. You can read the important points made bold in the full judgment below: CRM No.23818-M of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No.23818-M of 2009 Date of Decision: 4.09.2009 Smt.Sanjay Lata & Anr. ...Petitioners Vs. The State of Haryana & Anr. ..Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Vinod K.Sharma Present: Mr.V.P.Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Rajeev Kawatra, Sr.DAG, Haryana. for respondent No.1. Mr.H.N.Mehtani … [Read more...] about Applicability of section 340 of CrPC, and 194 of IPC etc
Hillary Clinton at her sexist best, now targeting India
Here is news of recent speech of Hillary Clinton on women’s and girls’ issues: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2010/0312/Hillary-Clinton-at-UN-Women-s-progress-is-human-progress Let’s look at the insidious and insistent campaign of feminists crying solely about injustice to women, while being completely silent on the fact that men are not doing any better. and the continued enhancement of the status of women. “Women’s progress is human progress, and human progress is women’s progress,” she said. Those words were clearly meant to echo Secretary Clinton’s own words 15 years ago when, as the US first lady, she told the World Conference on Women in Beijing: “Women’s rights are human rights, and human rights are women’s rights.” So earlier Human was meant to be Men + … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton at her sexist best, now targeting India