Tag Archives: Women’s Rights

Uniform Civil Code- A Chimera?

In 1950s Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru was asked about non-promulgation of a Uniform Civil Code (hereinafter referred as UCC).  He opined that the time and situation was not ripe enough to enact and enforce the UCC. Six decades later the status quo and associated question remains unanswered. Has the time for enactment of UCC arrivedContinue reading “Uniform Civil Code- A Chimera?”

De-stigmatising RAPE

            The incident of brutal sexual assault on the 23-year old physiotherapy student in 2012 by six men in our national capital raised serious questions on the collective conscience of this country. The brave girl who reportedly was fighting for her life with utmost courage fatally succumbed to the gory show of masculinity manifested uponContinue reading “De-stigmatising RAPE”