Articles tagged with: Domestic Violence Act

Men's Rights Groups ask Law Comm for legal curbs to Domestic Violence Act abuse by women

Male rights groups working for “gender-neutral” family laws on Saturday demanded implementation of the Law Commission of India recommendations to make shared parenting mandatory. They said the central government should take steps to pass the bill to prevent thousands of fathers from committing suici...

‘Offensive’ SC judgment cites Wikipedia to define legal term

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A Supreme Court of India judgment, while defining “Common Law Marriage”, cited as a source Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia anyone can edit. The same judgment on live-in relationships was also slammed by additional solicitor general Indira Jaisingh for using gender biased terms “one night stand” and “keep”.