NCRB data pegs conviction rate in cases of dowry-related violence at 11-17%. Experts say the low rates are rooted in a mix of factors, including institutional indifference.
HC rejects divorce plea that private masturbation constituted cruelty, says 'when masturbation among men acknowledged as universal, masturbation by women cannot be stigmatised'.
Understanding of the term is still affected by parties’ gender, lifestyle, financial standing, educational background, cultural practices and social mores, according to legal experts.
Court was hearing a woman’s appeal against a family court’s refusal to grant her divorce from husband whose neglect, she says, ranged from assault to not paying their kids' school fees.
India recorded 22.8 lakh crimes against women between 2016 to 2021, of which about 7 lakh, or 30 per cent, were under Section 498A of IPC, says MoSPI report, released this month.
In a case of cruelty and dowry harassment, the Allahabad High Court rebuked the woman for the graphical description of the allegations and said decent expressions should be used.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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