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Marital Rape in India - Gandhari Society

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GANDHARI SOCIETY – MARITAL RAPE While we turn pages of our world known epics like Ramayana, we would read about a time when Lord Ram was able to raise Lord Shiva’s bow ‘ गांडीव ’ and broke it. This was required as per the want of the challenge. This made, most ardent follower of Lord Shiva, Lord Parashuram very angry. Lord Ram’s younger brother, Prince Lakshman, then requested Lord Parashuram to ignore what has happened and believe that his eyes are closed and hence nothing has happened. Lakshman said, “ मूंदे आँख कत्हू कछु नाहि ”. Another world known epic, Mahabharata, depicts the mother or Kaurava’s, Gandhari, who pledged to remain blind folded to show solidarity with her blind Husband, Lord Dhritrashtra. The symbolic of being blind-folded was also to depict that knowingly, she closed her eyes to all wrong that her pedigree was doing. Both these Mythological epics which also derive and depict a lot about our society, tell us one thing that we as Human beings choose to ...

Understanding IrBM

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UNDERSTANDING IrBM IN 125 SECONDS The Contents are here: SLIDE 1: ORIGIN OF IrBM Hon’ble Supreme Court in Two Judgments Announced: Naveen Kohli vs Neelu Kohli on 21 March, 2006 Before we part with this case, on the consideration of the totality of facts, this Court would like to recommend the Union of India to seriously consider bringing an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 to incorporate irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground for the grant of divorce.  http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1643829/ Ms. Jordan Diengdeh vs S.S. Chopra on 10 May, 1985 It is thus seen that the law relating to judicial separation, divorce and nullity of marriage is far, far from uniform. Surely the time has now come for a complete reform of the law of marriage and make a uniform law applicable to all people irrespective of religion or caste. It appears to be necessary to introduce irretrievable break down of marriage and mutual consent as grounds of divorce...