Women can now claim residence in the shared household that belongs not only to the husband but his relatives also. Read more about this landmark decision here.

A law is said to have a retrospective effect when irrespective of when the law was enacted or judgement was passed, it applies to all cases that are pending and all individuals who are governed by such law.

The lockdown has affected persons with disabilities on several fronts – caregiving, access to medicines, social distancing.

Equality is not merely limited to equality of rights but also equal opportunity to enjoy such rights and practice them. The societies of the world is trying hard to bridge the gap between gender and the differences in opportunity available to them but still there are various steps yet to be taken. When it comes […]

“Domestic violence, it does not happen in well to do families, right?” I am generally asked by people outside my professional field. Let me burst the bubble, it happens in shared households in similar manner, whether it is an under-privileged/uneducated category of people or a privileged/educated category of people. There exists no class/caste/creed barrier here. […]

Abortions have been a singularly contentious issue that bring to fore the core issue of women having ownership of their own bodies and of rights related to their bodies. While debates for and against abortion allowance rage across the world, we look here at what the Indian abortion law says and the areas on which […]