Confessions And Law In India: A Legal Analysis

The evaluation of the laws pertaining to confession in India brings to the fore the fact that ‘confessions’ has not been defined in any law. This paper is an attempt to examine the embodiment of the provisions pertaining to ‘confession’ under various enactments. The critical discussion encompasses the substantive law as well as the adjective law. Keeping in mind the title of this paper, the provisions have been dealt with in chronological order. The first enactment, which contains provisions pertaining to the confession, is the Indian Penal Code, 1860

Female Foeticide And Infanticide: A Legal Analysis

Women play a pivotal role in the development of the society. They are an integral part of the mainstream development. Nonetheless, the domination of a female continues in many forms from womb to tomb in the society.[1]  Declining sex ratio and gender discrimination of the girl-child has become a deep-rooted problem in the society. The main reason being the crime of female foeticide and female infanticide. ‘Female Foeticide’ is the destruction of the female foetus in the mother’s womb and ‘Female Infanticide’ is the killing of the girl-child after her birth. If a girl-foetus escapes foeticide then infanticide is waiting for her after birth. Both, foeticide and infanticide, are socially tolerated problems. The desire of having a male child in family has become anissue of gravest concern, leading to gender discrimination. This paper is an attempt to identify the issues, the Law and its application to come to a relevant conclusion

Anti Dowry Laws In India: An Analytical Study

Indian constitution provides the right to equality to all the people of India including women. In spite of this, during her whole life violence in different forms is inflicted on her and she suffers gender discrimination.  The violence and heinous crimes against women occur within the four walls of the homes and at other places. There are so many crimes which are related to women and dowry is one of them. The Dowry system is an evil which is deeply and widely rooted in the minds and desires of many people. It is prevalent in almost every section of society and all parts of the country