For the Human Rights Day in 2010 the Asian Human Rights Commission presents the reports on the state of human rights in eleven countries in Asia; Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea and Sri Lanka. The general picture that emerges is one of the failures of the states to carry out their obligations for the protection of people.Serious defects are evident in the area...
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Promise to women by TK Rajalakshmi
The much-awaited Bill on sexual harassment at workplaces gets the Cabinet nod for presentation in Parliament. ON November 4, the Union Cabinet gave the go-ahead for the enactment of a law on protection of women from sexual harassment at the workplace. Titled Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010, the draft law is basically a new avatar of the ones prepared in 2004. This development has been...
More »The Girl Who Was Once Nira Sharma by Sunit Arora
* Moved to London from Kenya in the 1970s. Schooled at Haberdashers’ Aske’s. Bachelor’s at University of Warwick. * Has three siblings. Father in aviation. Three sons from failed marriage with UK businessman Janak Radia. * India entry in 1995. Sahara liaison officer. India rep of Singapore Airlines, KLM, UK Air. * Floats Crown Air as MD in 2000, with sister Karuna Menon as partner. Secures FIPB clearance to...
More »Add Section 302 in dowry death cases, trial courts told by J Venkatesan
Observing that killing a six months pregnant wife is the most heinous and barbaric crime warranting the death penalty, the Supreme Court has issued notice to the husband, who was awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment why it should not be enhanced. A Bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra also issued notice to Haryana on the appellant's 80-year-old mother, who was sentenced to two-year imprisonment. The Bench, however, granted...
More »What's Age of marriage for girls? SC
Four years ago, the National Commission for Women (NCW) and its Delhi chapter (DCW) had sought an answer from the Supreme Court as to what should be the Age of marriage for a girl, given the different figures given in various laws and the resultant confusion. On Tuesday, counsel for the commission Aparna Bhat pointed out that despite the lapse of a long time, the Centre has not yet filed its...
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