Month: January 2018

British woman traces her husband to Kerala, divorces him after two years legal battle

Source:- indianexpress.com A 34-year-old British woman has divorced her Indian husband after a two-year legal battle that started when she traced him to Kerala, where he had returned to his village after deserting her. Mariyam Khaliq, the British woman of Pakistani origin, had befriended Kunnumbath Noushad Hussain, 34, on Facebook while he was studying in

Delhi: College students protest Dalit minor’s rape, murder in Bihar

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in Students from the Jawaharlal Nehru Universty, Delhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia held a protest at Bihar Bhavan in New Delhi’s Chanakyapuri area against the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old Dalit student in Hajipur, Bihar. The ‘Justice for Dika’ protests were held under the banner of All India Students Association and

Sunanda Pushkar case: Cause of death inconclusive, says medical report; her chat transcripts awaited now

Source:- zeenews.india.com New Delhi: A new medical board formed to examine findings of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) lab and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) into the death of Sunanda Pushkar has said that the cause of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor wife’s death remains inconclusive. As per The Indian Express, the Special Investigation

Rajasthan woman’s silent 30-year long legal battle against triple talaq

Source:- hindustantimes.com When Shayara Bano from Uttarakhand moved the Supreme Court last year to declare triple talaq invalid, she was supported by women groups and individuals to get the “regressive practice” banned. In contrast, it has been a silent struggle for 65-year-old Nargis Begum. She has been enduring a 30-year-old litigation against her husband’s claim

Marriage under Hindu law is ‘sacrament’, not contract: Delhi High Court

Source:- http://indianexpress.com/ Marriage under the Hindu law is “sacrament” and “not a contract” which can be entered into by executing a deed, Delhi High Court has observed while dismissing a plea by a woman who had challenged an order refusing to declare her as the legally-wedded wife. The woman had approached the court seeking her