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Moral Policing Contributes To Social Ostracization, Violates Women’s Right To Dignity Under Article 21: Madras HC [Read Order]
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Moral Policing Contributes To Social Ostracization, Violates Women’s Right To Dignity Under Article 21: Madras HC [Read Order]

Madras High Court holds moral policing illegal, saying it violates women’s dignity and liberty under Article 21, and fuels social ostracization.

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Woman Cannot Claim Maintenance After Securing Rape Conviction Against Live-In Partner: Jammu & Kashmir HC [Read Order] Judiciary
Woman Cannot Claim Maintenance After Securing Rape Conviction Against Live-In Partner: Jammu & Kashmir HC [Read Order]

J&K High Court held that a woman who secured a rape conviction against her live-in partner cannot claim maintenance under Section 125 CrPC.

Wife Got Pregnant By Someone Else During Marriage? Law Still Calls You the Father: SC Judiciary
Wife Got Pregnant By Someone Else During Marriage? Law Still Calls You the Father: SC

SC: Husband presumed father of child born in marriage; DNA test only if ‘non-access’ proven, protecting dignity & privacy under Evidence Act.

Scheduled Tribe woman entitled to equal share in father's property: SC [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Scheduled Tribe woman entitled to equal share in father's property: SC [Read Judgment]

SC rules ST woman entitled to equal share in father’s property, citing gender equality under Article 14 and applying justice, equity, and good conscience.

Widow Cannot Be Evicted from Matrimonial Home After Husband’s Death: Kerala High Court [Read Order] Judiciary
Widow Cannot Be Evicted from Matrimonial Home After Husband’s Death: Kerala High Court [Read Order]

Kerala High Court upholds widow’s right to reside in matrimonial home after husband’s death under Domestic Violence Act, reinforcing women’s housing rights.

Gujarat High Court Directs Medical Termination of Pregnancy for 13-Year-Old Rape Victim [Read Order]

Gujarat High Court allows medical termination of 33-week pregnancy of 13-year-old rape victim, stressing her age, health risks, and future well-being.

Wife’s waiver of maintenance in a private agreement is invalid: Kerala HC [Read Order]

Kerala High Court rules that a wife’s waiver of maintenance in a private agreement is invalid, reaffirming rights under the Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

Senior Advocate Mahalakshmi Pavani’s Book on Women’s Legal Rights Sees Momentous Success, Becomes a Vital Guide for Gender Justice in India

Senior advocate Mahalakshmi Pavani’s “Women Laws – From the Womb to the Tomb” shines as a vital guide on women’s legal rights, remedies, and gender justice in India.

Misuse of dowry law can't be ground to strike it down: SC [Read Order]

Misuse of dowry law not valid ground to scrap it, says SC; upholds Section 498A as vital safeguard against domestic cruelty and systemic abuse.

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Wife of activist Sonam Wangchuk tells SC his detention under NSA suffers from illegality, citing stale FIRs, procedural lapses, and denial of fair representation.

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