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HYDERABAD: Five judges belonging to the state’s subordinate judiciary were suspended by the AP High Court on Wednesday for allegedly copying while writing their LLM examinations at the Arts College of Kakatiya University in Warangal on Tuesday. The judges were doing this course under distance mode from Kakatiya University as the degree would help them [...]  Tags: civil judge, disciplinary proceedings, district judge, hc, increments, judicial officers, judiciary, kakatiya university, rao, warangal |  Category: Laws, News |  Leave a comment Well, I saw Inception the other day. Brilliant movie. Awesome storyline and brilliant performances. One strange thing that caught my attention in the movie was how Mal Cobb dies. She commits suicide but Mr. Cobb ( Dicaprio) is the one who gets into trouble. When I saw this, I was strangely reminded of our country’s dowry death laws. Strange, I know. What is dowry death? This Section of the Indian Penal Code was inserted by a 1986 amendment. The Dowry deaths law defines a ‘dowry death’ as the death of a woman caused by any burns or bodily injury or which does not occur under normal circumstances within seven years of her marriage. For a woman’s death to be a dowry death, it must also be shown that soon before her death she was subjected to cruelty or harassment by her husband or any relative of her husband for, or in connection with, any demand for dowry. If this is proved, the woman’s husband or relative is required to be deemed to have caused her death. Whoever commits dowry death is required to be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life. Well, in a simple language, if the wife dies within 7 years of marriage and there is even a slight reason to believe that she was being harassed by her husband or his relatives, then they will be held responsible for her death. Tags: bodily injury, brilliant performances, dowry death, dowry deaths, drastic step, imprisonment, indian penal code, physiatrists, strange thing, what is dowry | Category: Laws | Leave a comment Today’s rising crime rates across the world is nothing new for us anymore. Remember when was the last time you did not see or hear news of someone getting killed? People get killed all the time, across the globe, and people kill people by various means. To enumerate a few means people kill other people voluntarily, with some focus on Indian scenario (I’d omit the unintentional or accidental killings for the time being):
And there could be many more. Ofcourse, whatever is the means, killing another human being is undoubtedly a crime against humanity and the society. And just like any other crime, this crime is very well covered under the laws as well. Speaking of the Indian laws, the Indian Penal code, 1860, has a chapter XVI entirely for offences affecting the human body, which certainly includes killing the human body. Melbourne, May 2: Skin-tight jeans cannot be taken off without consent, said a Sydney court and acquitted a man charged with sexually assaulting a woman. Can a woman wearing skinny jeans be raped? Or are they so tight they can be taken off only with her consent?, the jury asked [...] Tags: Australian Court, defence counsel, Jeans, judge, judiciary, jury of six, Laws, legal, navy cook, paul hogan, rape, six men, skin tight jeans, skinny jeans, surry hills, sydney district, sydney morning herald | Category: Feminism, Laws | Leave a comment महिला अधिकारों की जब बात उठती है तो महिलाएं क्या मांगती हैं? जाहिर है बराबरी का अधिकार। लेकिन अगर बराबरी की मांग करते-करते कोई खुद शोषणकारी की तरह बर्ताव करने लगे तो…. कम से कम कुछ मामलों में तो यही हो रहा है। इसमें कोई दो राय नहीं है कि अभी भी कई जगह खासकर गांवों में महिलाओं की स्थिति बहुत दयनीय है और उन्हें उनके अधिकार दिलाने के लिए जितना भी किया जाए वह कम है लेकिन ऐसी महिलाओं की संख्या भी बढ़ रही है जो अपने हक के लिए मिले कानून का दुरूपयोग कर रही हैं। और कानून भी इसमें मूकदर्शक बने रहने के अलावा कुछ नहीं कर पा रहा है। मेरा एक मित्र है जिसने कुछ दिनों पत्रकारिता की और अब लॉ करने के बाद एक सीनियर क्रिमिनल लॉयर के साथ ट्रेनिंग ले रहा है। कुछ ही दिन पहले वह मिला और इतना व्यथित था कि पूछिए मत। वजह पूछने पर बताया कि यार गलत काम मैं कर नहीं सकता और न करूं तो वकालत करने का सपना छोड़ना पड़ेगा। और मेरे पैरंट्स मुझे समझने की बजाय मुझे प्रैक्टिकल बनने की सलाह दे रहे हैं। हुआ यूं कि कुछ दिन पहले उसके सीनियर के पास एक महिला आई। पढ़ी लिखी और मॉडर्न। उसने अपने 2 साल पुराने पति और उसके पैरंट्स के खिलाफ घरेलू हिंसा कानून के तहत केस दर्ज कराया था। वह वकील से कहने लगी कि मैं अपने पति और उसके पूरे परिवार को जेल में देखना चाहती हूं चाहे इसके लिए कुछ भी करना पड़े। आप चाहें तो सबूत क्रिएट करने के लिए मैं अपने शरीर पर सिगरेट से दागने के निशान बना सकती हूं। इतना बताया ही था कि मेरा वह दोस्त बुरी तरह बरस पड़ा। उसने बताया कि एक हफ्ते से वह सीनियर लॉयर के पास नहीं गया है क्योंकि जब उसने उनसे कहा कि सर ये तो गलत है तो उन्होंने उसे ही लेक्चर दे डाला। एक वाकया और याद आ रहा है जब मैं कॉलेज में स्टूडेंट यूनियन में थी। एक 22 साल के लड़के को रेप के आरोप में गिरफ्तार किया गया। कुछ सीनियर पुलिस अधिकारियों ने बताया कि दरअसल मामला कुछ और ही है। वह लड़का एक कॉल गर्ल के पास गया और बाद में पैसों को लेकर कुछ बहस हुई और 40 रुपये को लेकर उसने लड़के पर रेप का केस कर दिया। मेडिकल टेस्ट में भी उसकी पुष्टि हो गई। पुलिस वाले हकीकत जानते हुए भी कुछ नहीं कर सके और उस लड़के को सजा हो गई। Tags: 498a, a4 a6, a5, aa, bf, couple weeks, domestic violence, domestic violence act, dowry prohibition act, e0, family, Feminism, feminists, Government, harassment, husband, life, marriage, men, Navbharat Times, open question, Peedit, Purush, questionnaires, sexual harassment, shania twain, shortcuts, Tortured Men, wedding, wife, women empowerment | Category: Feminism, Laws, Social | Comments are closed Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNN 4 January 2010 As mere words, tweeting and blogging sound sweet. The computer savvy have tweeted and blogged to disseminate information while exercising their right to freedom of speech and expression. Tweeting assumes a certain seriousness when a minister, who is part of the council of ministers headed by the Prime Minister, expresses a view that appears to be in conflict with provisions of Article 75(3) of the Constitution, which says they (the council) ‘‘shall be collectively responsible to the House of People’’. Probably, that is the reason why the minister of state has been impressed upon by his senior in the ministry not to tweet his views on official matters. Blogging by a high court judge on the intricate constitutional scheme of things should always be welcome. For, it is expected of a constitutional post holder like an HC judge to wisely explain the hierarchy in the judiciary and the non-provision of a ‘super monitor’ for judges. In this case, the HC judge painfully explained that the Chief Justice of India (CJI), despite being the head of judiciary, was not in a position to exercise moral authority to put in line erring judges. The words he chose to describe the CJI’s constitutional position were appalling to say the least. ‘‘The CJI, in so far as the relative position for such purpose is concerned, is more like a serpent without fangs, who can only hiss, but not bite, which will be an open secret in no time and the serpent will not be feared by anyone, however menacing it may look, however loud it may hiss! Unfortunately, that is the reality.’’ The Supreme Court has time and again said that the CJI is just the first among equals among apex court judges. Moreover, from an HC judge to the SC judge, all are constitutional post holders and none among the framers of the Constitution had a shred of doubt about their sense of responsibility.
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Posted on: August 27th, 2010