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Blog: How The CBI Big Fight Started: The Inside Story
2018 could be the year of the Supreme Court clean-up. It banished antiquated laws that criminalised homosexuality and adultery, but to really seal its position this year, our top court has a really dirty job in its yard - the mess that is the CBI or Central Bureau of Investigation.
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Activists Welcome Supreme Court's Verdict On Adultery Law
The Supreme Court verdict declaring that adultery is not a crime has been widely welcomed by several lawyers and activists who said it was antiquated colonial era law that treated women as properties of their husbands.
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Parliament Clears Bill to Repeal 36 Redundant Laws
Seeking to clear the statute books of antiquated laws, Parliament today cleared a bill to repeal 36 redundant Acts, including one which amends the marriage laws.
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Scrap 'two-finger test' for rape victims, says Justice Verma report
The Justice Verma committee today recommended the strict enforcement of sexual assault laws, faster rape trials and changes to the country's antiquated penal code to protect women in the wake of a fatal gang rape in New Delhi last month.
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Blog: How The CBI Big Fight Started: The Inside Story
2018 could be the year of the Supreme Court clean-up. It banished antiquated laws that criminalised homosexuality and adultery, but to really seal its position this year, our top court has a really dirty job in its yard - the mess that is the CBI or Central Bureau of Investigation.
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Activists Welcome Supreme Court's Verdict On Adultery Law
The Supreme Court verdict declaring that adultery is not a crime has been widely welcomed by several lawyers and activists who said it was antiquated colonial era law that treated women as properties of their husbands.
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Parliament Clears Bill to Repeal 36 Redundant Laws
Seeking to clear the statute books of antiquated laws, Parliament today cleared a bill to repeal 36 redundant Acts, including one which amends the marriage laws.
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Scrap 'two-finger test' for rape victims, says Justice Verma report
The Justice Verma committee today recommended the strict enforcement of sexual assault laws, faster rape trials and changes to the country's antiquated penal code to protect women in the wake of a fatal gang rape in New Delhi last month.
