Blogs tagged with: awareness of legal rights

The Mental Health Act Bill 2016 was passed in the Rajya Sabha on 8th August 2016 and is expected to be discussed in Lok Sabha during next session. The Bill repeals the existing Mental Health Act, 1987. The Bill is aimed to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness an...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE

by TANYA GUPTA on in Human Rights Law
Glimpses of Practices within the Organised Sectors in India If you open the papers to read about the cases across India on sexual harassment, you will be shocked, sad, baffled, agitated and will feel helpless at the same time. From street vendor to police departments, to esteemed judges to hospitals...
SIM-POOL Legal Language = Happy Lawyers? My friends were red, blue and green. They were playing in the cess pool. Holi ka festival tha. My friends were behaving like animals and shouting hoooooo, haaaaaaa, wooooooo etc etc. They were in joy. Only simple monosyllables like these could be uttered. Lik...