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    Live-in Relationships and the Law

    Live-in Relationships and the Law

    Shonottra KumarFebruary 10, 20214 min read
    Are live-in relationships legal? Do couples in such relationships have rights? Let’s find out.
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    A Conversation with Kiruba Munusamy on Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act

    A Conversation with Kiruba Munusamy on Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act

    Shonottra KumarJanuary 29, 20214 min read
    Last year, on Ambedkar Jayanti, we spoke to Kiruba Munusamay, an Advocate at the Supreme Court of India and Founder of Legal Initiative for Equality, to understand the impact the law on prevention of atrocities had and the remedies available under it to those marginalised by the caste system in India. Kiruba is a judicial
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    A Nyaaya Christmas Story

    A Nyaaya Christmas Story

    NyaayaDecember 24, 20207 min read
    On Christmas, Nyaaya takes you through the journey of the Maria Family during the holiday season. Alice, is the strong mother of two beautiful daughters, Amaya and Anne. Amaya is a dreamer. She is 10 years old and she can’t wait to grow up. Anne on the other hand is a realist. She works in
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    How to protect your money online
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    How to protect your money online

    Sumeysh SrivastavaJuly 19, 20198 min read
    “Congrats! Your personal loan has been approved up to Rs. 5 lac!”. Some of us may be familiar with such messages, on our phones and on emails. After the initial elation about receiving a congratulatory message, you may soon realize that you never applied for any loan, and just ignore the message. However, some people
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    Nyaaya MCC Violation Tracker
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    Nyaaya MCC Violation Tracker

    Sumeysh SrivastavaApril 24, 201913 min read
    By Sumeysh Srivastava Source: Times of India What is this tracker? The Lok Sabha elections 2019 are underway and campaigning is on in full swing. Election campaigns are an opportunity for politicians to present their work to people, talk about future plans and convince people to vote for them. However, this is a competition, because
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    #LostVotes campaign: No, citizens who relocate within India do not lose their vote
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    #LostVotes campaign: No, citizens who relocate within India do not lose their vote

    Shonottra KumarMarch 19, 20196 min read
    By Shonottra Kumar In January, The Times of India newspaper started a #LostVotes campaign ahead of the upcoming general elections. It advocates the cause of those who were not able to vote in the last Lok Sabha elections because they were not living in places where they were registered as voters. The campaign claims that 281 million registered voters
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    Abuse of Sedition Law
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    Abuse of Sedition Law

    Sumeysh SrivastavaMarch 1, 20195 min read
    By Sumeysh Srivastava In Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, there is a nationalism-packed scene in which Tara Singh, played by Sunny Deol, is being asked to convert to Islam so that his iniquitous Pakistani father-in-law (Amrish Puri) can accept him and allow him to be with his wife and kid. In this scene, Tara Singh is okay
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    The Law Every Indian Should Know, But Very Few Of Us Do: Right To Information
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    The Law Every Indian Should Know, But Very Few Of Us Do: Right To Information

    Shonottra KumarFebruary 19, 20195 min read
    By Shonottra Kumar Image Source: News Click A retired railway employee, Ramesh, could not understand why there were deductions in his pension statement. Upon asking around at his old department he did not get a clear answer but was able to figure out that the ministry had levied some ‘mysterious’ tax on many ex-employees. Angered
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    Good To Know : How To Deal With Workplace Sexual Harassment?
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    Good To Know : How To Deal With Workplace Sexual Harassment?

    Malavika RajkumarDecember 28, 20187 min read
    By Malavika Rajkumar The importance of the #MeToo movement cannot be understated and equality of at the workplace can only be achieved when procedural and institutional hurdles don’t block the mechanisms of filing a complaint. Breaking from the shackles of oppression requires a progressive outlook towards the law and both women and men should have
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    Let’s Talk About The Long Overdue Reforms Needed In The Abortion Laws Of India
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    Let’s Talk About The Long Overdue Reforms Needed In The Abortion Laws Of India

    Malavika RajkumarNovember 21, 20189 min read
    By Malavika Rajkumar A 35-year-old pregnant rape victim discovers that she is HIV positive in her 17th week of pregnancy. She approaches a government shelter, an approved place to conduct an abortion, but is denied the abortion. They demand parental and spousal consent, even though under the law, a woman above the age of 18, does not
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    India’s #MeToo: Are Political Parties Legally Bound to Form ICC?
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    India’s #MeToo: Are Political Parties Legally Bound to Form ICC?

    Adrija JayanthyOctober 23, 20185 min read
    The furore of the #MeToo movement, unsurprisingly, has hit the shores of political parties with several allegations of sexual harassment against prominent politicians. MJ Akbar, the Minister of State for External Affairs, has been accused of sexual harassment by journalists. Sonal Kellog, a journalist, has made an accusation of sexual harassment against a UPA-1 minister.
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    For Manual Scavengers, Swachhta is not Seva
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    For Manual Scavengers, Swachhta is not Seva

    Sumeysh SrivastavaOctober 1, 20189 min read
    By Sumeysh Srivastava and Shonottra Kumar Image source: The Wire Another anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (hereinafter “SBA”) is approaching and “Swachhta Hee Sewa” is in the air. The Government has purportedly been very sincere in its efforts to promote the nation-wide cleanliness campaign. But if you look beyond the endorsements from celebs and the photo-ops
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    The Illusion of justice offered to children who are sexually abused in India
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    The Illusion of justice offered to children who are sexually abused in India

    NyaayaJune 19, 20186 min read
    Recently India made world news with the introduction of the death penalty for child rapists.
    Brief encounter: What Rajkumar Santoshi’s ‘Damini’ gets right about the prosecution of rape
    Law and Bollywood

    Brief encounter: What Rajkumar Santoshi’s ‘Damini’ gets right about the prosecution of rape

    Adrija JayanthyJune 4, 20189 min read
    By Adrija Jayanti Credits: Cineyug The movie is a classic for its progressive feminist outlook and realistic portrayal of the Indian justice system. For those who haven’t seen Rajkumar Santoshi’s Damini (1993), about a woman who seeks justice after witnessing her house help being raped, I recommend saving this essay for after you have watched
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    From Sholay to Raabta: Copyright in Bollywood
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    From Sholay to Raabta: Copyright in Bollywood

    Sumeysh SrivastavaMarch 28, 20188 min read
    By Sumeysh Srivastava Sholay is an essential part of Indian cinematic history and has had a lasting impact on Indian pop culture. Almost all the famous scenes and songs are well known, and its characters, from the Jai-Veeru pairing, Gabbar himself, have served as the inspiration for many other personas across Indian cinema. . .
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    Andhra Pradesh

    Girl Child Protection Scheme

    The Girl Child Protection Scheme is aimed at preventing gender discrimination by empowering and protecting rights of girl children through direct investment from the State Government. It provides a number of incentives to promote the empowerment of the girl child:

    • In case of a single girl child she is entitled to receive Rs.1.00 lakh after completion of 20 years of age.
    • In case of two girl children, both of them are entitled to receive Rs.30,000/- each, after completion of 20 years age.
    • Both “single girl child” and “two girl children” are entitled to receive Rs1,200/- per annum as scholarship from 9th class to 12th class (including ITI course) during their period of study, as a benefit under the scheme.

    More information on this scheme can be found here.

    Bangaru Thalli Scheme

    Bangaru Thalli is a welfare scheme for girls launched by Government of Andhra Pradesh. The scheme supports the family of a girl from her birth till her graduation. All the Below Poverty Line white card holders are eligible for the scheme.

    Details of the scheme can be found in the Andhra Pradesh Bangaru Thalli Girl Child Promotion and Empowerment Act, 2013.

    Assam

    Manjoni Scheme

    Under this scheme, Rs. 5000 is deposited by the State Government at the time of the birth of a girl child and the girl would get the matured value of this fixed deposit when she turns 18. In order to be eligible for this scheme, the girl child must be born in a Government hospital and the family should have adopted the two child norm.

    More information on this scheme can be found here.

    Bihar

    Mukhyamantri Kanya Suraksha Yojana

    Under this scheme the girl child gets financial assistance from her birth till graduation amounting to a total of Rs. 51,000. The funds will be dispersed over a period of time upon attaining a certain age and completion of certain prerequisites:

    • At birth: Rs 2000
    • Age 1 upon issuance of Aadhar card: Rs. 1000
    • Age 2: Rs. 2000
    • Passing 12th grade: Rs. 10,000
    • Graduation: Rs. 25,000

    These benefits are available to only 2 girls in a family and residents of Bihar. Girls coming from financially weaker backgrounds will be given priority. To apply to this scheme, the parents can visit the anganwadi centres, fill the application form and submit the necessary documents to the anganwadi workers.

    Goa

    MAMTA scheme for girl child

    With a view of improving the female sex ratio of the State, under this scheme an amount of Rs. 10000/- will be paid to all the mothers who deliver a girl child  (maximum 02 deliveries) in a registered medical institution. Eligible mothers can apply to the Child Development Project Officer through the local Anganwadi Centre with a copy of the Birth Certificate within 45 days from delivering the child. The benefits are directly credited to the declared Bank Account.

    There is an online application for this scheme. More information on this scheme can be found here.

    Gujarat

    Kunwarbai Nu Mameru Yojana

    The Ministry of Women and Child Development of Gujarat has launched a scheme called Kunwarbai Nu Mameru Yojana that offers financial assistance of Rs. 10,000 to only one girl of a family. However, this scheme has been started specifically for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes girls. Only those with an annual income limit of Rs. 1,20,000 (Rural areas) and Rs.1,50,000 (Urban areas) are eligible for this scheme.

    More information on this scheme can be found here.

    Haryana

    Laldi Scheme

    The Ladli Scheme of Haryana is meant to provide benefits to biological parents who have no son (biological or adopted) but only daughters. This scheme is only available to those who are either domicile of Haryana or working for the State government, whose gross annual income of the family does not exceed Rs. 2,00,000.

    The pattern of this scheme is similar to the Old Age Samman Allowance scheme for the families having only girl children. The enrolment of families under this scheme commences from the 45th birthday of the mother or the father whoever is older of the two till their 60th birthday i.e. for 15 years (Thereafter they will be eligible for Old Age Samman Allowance). The rate of allowance provided is Rs. 1,800 per month.

    More information on this scheme can be found here.

    Himachal Pradesh

    Indira Gandhi Balika Suraksha Yojana

    Under this scheme, the families adopting family planning methods after the birth of the first female child will be given a sum of Rs. 25,000 and those adopting family planning methods after the birth of two female children will be given a cash of Rs. 20,000.

    The health department of the Himachal Pradesh government also provides free of cost transportation either through taxi or ambulance for carrying pregnant women to the nearest hospital for delivery.

    Beti Hai Anmol Yojana

    Under this scheme, for all the families lying below the poverty line in Himachal and having one or two girls, a sum of Rs. 5100 will be deposited in the name of girls at the time of their birth. Moreover, to help in the education of such girls, scholarships ranging from Rs. 300 to Rs. 1500 will be given to them from class I to class XII.

    More information on this scheme can be found here.

    Jammu and Kashmir

    Ladli Beti Scheme

    Under this scheme, financial assistance of Rs. 1000 per month is made by the Government from the birth of the girl child / account opening date for the next 14 years. For this, zero balance accounts have already been opened in the Jammu and Kashmir Bank in respective localities. This is only applicable to girls born on or after 1st April 2015, and whose parental income is less than Rs. 75,000 per annum.

    More information on this scheme can be found here.

    Jharkhand

    Ladli Lakshmi Yojana

    Under this scheme, the State government offers a girl child from families below poverty line benefits of Rs. 1,80,600. An amount of Rs. 6,000 will be deposited annually into the girls account till she turns 5 years old. Further amounts will be added upon completion of higher education, marriage and so on, along with monthly allowances of Rs. 200 for girl students.

    Karnataka

    Karnataka Bhagyashree Scheme

    With the idea of raising the status of girl children and promoting their birth in the country, the Karnataka government has come up with the Karnataka Bhagyashree Scheme. The scheme provides financial assistance to the girl child in families that lie below the poverty line through her mother or father who is subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions.

    The government of Karnataka offers the following benefits to the eligible candidates of this scheme-

    • The girl child gets a health insurance cover of upto Rs. 25,000 per month
    • The child gets an annual scholarship of Rs. 300 to Rs. 1,000, depending upon her age upto 10th standard
    • The parents get Rs. 1 lakh in case of accident and Rs. 42,500 in case of natural death of the girl child.
    • On completing 18 years of age, the parents of the girl child would be paid Rs. 34,751.

    Along with this, there are certain interim payments such as annual scholarships and insurance benefits that the beneficiary can avail upon continued fulfillment of the eligibility criteria. The grant of such facilities promotes the birth of girl children in economically weaker families and raises their status within the society.

    Kerala

    Education Assistance to Women Headed Families

    The scheme proposes to extend a helping hand to these families by way of providing financial assistance to the education of children by the State government.

    More information on this scheme can be found here.

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