OUR VALUES IN ACTION: A CODE OF EDITORIAL VALUES
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Our Latest Editorials
- Upholding Marital Rape
In 2017, the Supreme Court of India refused to hear a case involving the marital rape of adult women. Recent Indian High Court judgements have also been conflicting, with one supporting marital rape as a viable reason for divorce and another granting anticipatory relief to a man. Why do inequalities continue notwithstanding the suggestion ofContinue reading “Upholding Marital Rape” - Concerning the Lakhimpur Kheri incident
What happens in Lakhimpur, stays in Lakhimpur? Violence broke out on October 6, in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur when a car belonging to (MoS) for Home Ajay Mishra ran over four farmers who were protesting against the Centre’s three farm laws ahead of an event in Tikunia and subsequently killed them.This led to clashes between theContinue reading “Concerning the Lakhimpur Kheri incident” - Concerning the New Rajasthan Marriage Amendment
The modification to the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act has sparked controversy, although it obviously does not validate or legitimise child marriage. The problem raised by the opposition and the India’s National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, on the other hand, may prompt a rethinking of the legal structure governing child weddings,Continue reading “Concerning the New Rajasthan Marriage Amendment” - Concerning moral policing in Assam
In a bizarre incident in Assam, a 19 year-old girl was made to wrap a curtain around her legs as she came wearing shorts to an exam. Despite having no dress code mentioned ,the girl was derided by the invigilator and was accused of provoking outrage.The incident occurred on September 15 when the girl hadContinue reading “Concerning moral policing in Assam” - Concerning the Women’s Rights in Afghanistan- Realism v/s Reality
Women have been the major sufferers under any subjugation. The scenario is the same even today. Since the establishment of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, a question about the “fragility of women’s rights under the Taliban government” has become persistent in concerned minds. “As the fighting increases day by day, it’s a concern that we’llContinue reading “Concerning the Women’s Rights in Afghanistan- Realism v/s Reality” - Concerning the Texas Anti-Abortion Laws
The Supreme Court of United States (US) has refused to overturn the state’s anti-abortion legislation. After cardiac activity in the embryo is found, the law prohibits abortion. It’s quite early in a pregnancy at that moment, and many women are unaware they’re expecting. Even so, people in Texas have the right to sue anybody whoContinue reading “Concerning the Texas Anti-Abortion Laws” - Concerning the Judicial Dilemma of Courts Regarding Marital Rape
Four years after the Supreme Court of India referred to Justice J.S. Verma’s Committee’s recommendation to make marital rape a crime and stated “a rapist remains a rapist and marriage with the victim does not convert him into a non-rapist”, Indian courts continue to take views on marital rape that are polar opposites. The KeralaContinue reading “Concerning the Judicial Dilemma of Courts Regarding Marital Rape” - Cornering the Public Education System
For millions of children in India, the public education system is the only option. As the pandemic has taken its toll on the economy, fee-charging schools have become unaffordable for many, pushing many to enrol in government institutions. In Delhi, there are around seventy-eight distinct types of government schools with varying levels of resources. TheContinue reading “Cornering the Public Education System” - Concerning the Interim Bill passed to allow Female Candidates in NDA
On the bright side of the hard-fought gender equality that’s being increasingly felt within the defense forces, the portals of the academies for pre-commissioned training are set to open for females. A Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy has passed an interim order to permit women to wish the admissionContinue reading “Concerning the Interim Bill passed to allow Female Candidates in NDA” - Concerning the Anti-Trafficking Law
An estimated 9,000 youngsters were recovered in India between April 2020 and June 2021 after being exploited for labor. Four youngsters, aged 12 to 16, died in November 2020 after being transported for work from Bihar to Rajasthan; several of them had been beaten. An estimated 9,000 youngsters were recovered in India between April 2020Continue reading “Concerning the Anti-Trafficking Law”
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