Centre for Women, Child Rights and Gender JusticeSep 7, 20236 minIntersecting Perspectives: The Clash of Personal and Secular Laws on Child MarriagesIntroduction The Supreme Court has in its recent order said that it will revisit the issue of “whether female adolescents as young as 15...
Centre for Women, Child Rights and Gender JusticeSep 6, 20234 minThe Tragic Irony of Pedophilia : Infantilization of Adult Women and Sexualization of Young GirlsIt is not unknown that we live in an inherently patriarchal and sexist society where women are expected to mould themselves as per the...
Centre for Women, Child Rights and Gender JusticeAug 30, 20235 minAdolescents And Sexual AutonomyThe long-standing debate about the autonomy of adolescents to take part in consensual sexual relations has sparked once again with the...
Centre for Women, Child Rights and Gender JusticeAug 25, 20236 minOmprakash v. Radhacharan: The Myth of ‘Gender Equality’ in Hindu Succession LawOmprakash v. Radhacharan, a verdict passed by the Honourable Apex Court in 2009, raised a few questions that can be answered only through...