Musings on India, the law, and policy
Posted in Court, Human Rights on Oct 24th, 2010
Why the use of the term ‘keep’ and other such inappropriate references in a recent Supreme Court decision may mean a lot more than what meets the eye. The tirade over use of the word ‘keep’ by a Bench of the Supreme Court in the context of protection under the Domestic Violence Act seems overtly [...]
Posted in Court, Uncategorized on Oct 9th, 2010
I just finished reading Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being. In it, there’s a part in which the author writes about the symbolism of the marital bed. While I’m mostly used to the idea of a married couple sharing a bed, it isn’t so in all cultures apparently. And while I read about this I [...]
(Guest post by Sahana Manjesh, a third year student at National Law School of India University, Bangalore.) Marriage has long been a bastion of what is considered sacred and traditional about relationships in India. Divorce then is viewed skeptically by sections of the society, law makers and adjudicators in equal measure. Mercifully though, there are [...]