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Clippings and Articles for
Organisations working on
Human Rights and Legal Advocacy

Personal Laws
March 2009	SC No divorce on marriage breakdown plea, The Times of India, 09 Mar 2009
December 2008	Instant justice, T K Devasia, Sahara Time, 27 Dec 2008
November 2008	Never married, Damayanti Datta, India Today, Magazine, 03 Nov 2008
October 2008	Estranged wife entitled to 1/5th of hubby's salary, Shibu Thomas, The Times of India, Mumbai, 12 Oct 2008 Knot without conditions, Shabina Akhtar, The Telegraph, Calcutta,15 Oct 2008 Only court can grant divorce, says HC, Kartikeya, The Times of India, Mumbai, 17 Oct 2008 Make registration of marriage and divorce a must: Law Commission, The Hindu, Chennai, 29 Oct 2008
September 2008	Married or not: HC bench split down the middle, Swati Deshpande, The Times of India, Mumbai, 18 Sep 2008 Hindu Marriages Act “has broken more homes than uniting:” judge, Lawyers Collective Magazine, 01 Jul 2008
August 2008	Seeking wife's share in family property is not dowry: SC Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times of India, Mumbai, 05 Aug 2008
July 2008	Bonanza for the 'other woman', Shabina Akhtar, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 23 Jul 2008
June 2008	IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, Samim Ahmed, The Telegraph, 21/06/2008 ‘Same gotra marriage ok’, The Hindustan Times, 20/06/2008 Sc says Hindu Marriage Act has broken many homes, The Times of India, Mumbai, 18/06/08 Treat live-in as marriage: NCW, Himanshi Dhawan, The Times of India, Mumbai, 30/06/08 Marriages: Vows to woes, Anita Ratnam, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 29/06/08 Broken homes : Is the law to blame?, Sarasu Esther Thomas, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 29/06/08 Why a mindset against men?, Manasi Paresh Kumar, The Deccan Herald, 29/06/2008 Religious faultline: Rules differ widely, Pratap Patnaik, The Deccan Herald, 29/06/2008 Dowry declared 'un-Islamic', The Deccan Herald, 25/06/2008 Parents entitled to girl's wealth' , The Times of India, 11/06/2008
May 2008	'Wife can end marriage if denied sex', Manjari Mishra, The Times of India, 23 May 2008
April 2008	Ailing husbands can get alimony, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 07 Apr 2008 ‘Mistress’ at par with wife, says court, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 09 Apr 2008 Marriage ties can't be cut instantly: HC, Swati Deshpande, The Times of India, Mumbai, 01 Apr 2008 Women’s charter, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Frontline Magazine, 11 Apr 2008 Prove cruelty to get maintenance: HC, Kartikeya, The Times of India, Mumbai, 12 Apr 2008 Eight-yr-old Yemeni girl wins divorce, The Times of India, Mumbai, 18 Apr 2008
March 2008	2nd wife has no claim to family pension: HC The Times of India, Mumbai, 03 Mar 2008 Shibu Thomas A trend setting judgement Sahara Time Magazine, 02 Mar 2008Amitabh Srivastava
February 2008	Remarriage: SC relief to widows The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 20 Feb 2008 WHY THE LAW PROTECTS WOMEN, The Times of India, Mumbai, 20 Feb 2008 'Muslim girls can nullify marriage, The Hindustan Times of India, Mumbai, 18 Feb 2008 Towards equality: Land rights can empower Women, Anita Ratnam, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 07 Feb 2008
January 2008	Family Court grants divorce to Muslim couple, A. Subramani, The Hindu, Chennai, 01 Jan 2008
December 2007	Nothing un-Islamic about it Abdul Hafiz Gandhi , Sahara Time Magazine, 16 Dec 2007 Cracking the code Ramachandra Guha , The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 14 Dec 2007 Triple talaq is untenable Tahir Mahmood, The Times Of India, Mumbai, 01 Dec 2007