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TopicDomestic Violence Act

Topic: Domestic Violence Act

Dowry, domestic violence: Messy divorce ends with IPS officer’s public apology to husband on SC’s orders

New Delhi: Following directions in a rare Supreme Court order, an IPS officer and her parents have issued a public apology to her ex-husband...

Who ‘killed’ Atul Subhash? Marriage laws plagued by rotten ecosystem & corrupt stakeholders

Legal experts & practitioners urge critics to look at ecosystem of a marriage, marital laws, & various stakeholders involved—police, mediators, judiciary—instead of fixing blame on women.

Indian law unclear on who to back if a woman is thrown out by her in-laws

Past court judgments have been unable to clarify whether women's right under Domestic Violence Act takes precedence over the right of parents-in-law under the Senior Citizens Act.

On Camera

Strait of Hormuz crisis shows limits of US, say Chinese. ‘India most vulnerable’

Chinese online discourse situates the crisis within a broader geopolitical context, particularly the hesitancy of US allies to support Washington.

Covid, sanctions, war. Life’s rough for Surat’s small diamond units, salaries ‘not guaranteed anymore’

West Asia war threatens to push already fragile industry deeper into crisis. Latest disruption is playing out differently for bigger and small-scale players in Surat’s diamond industry.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.