According to the 2nd part of the Goa Hindu Bigamy Act, Hindu men have the right to bigamy if the wife fails to deliver a male child by the age of 30. How is this law constitutional since the gender of the child depends entirely on the father?
I tried searching for the Act mentioned by you. I also searched for the Goa Civil Code and the Portuguese Civil Code which was supposed to be applicable to Goa.While there are some media references ... read more
Everyone keeps saying "save Hinduism", "save Indian culture", "We have the best culture worth preserving" BUT what exactly is that culture that we want to save? What's so different than other cultures? and why it needs to be preserved?
Let us understand from our perspective.I know nothing about Hindu culture, let us say. I came from outside India and I am trying to understand it by observation, by reading books and so on. Even, ... read more
Nothing other than Islamic revolution can answer this question. Here is how extreme transformations happened in Iran and Afghanistan:-Before an Islamic revolution, Iran was a liberal society and ... read more
Even when the traffic violation fines were minimal, citizens would negotiate with the police out of it in some not so legal way. So what does this humongous amount of fines mean? Will it not serve as a major land for corruption?
One scooter driver was fined with ₹ 23,000 for traffic violations, when the price of the vehicle itself is reported to be ₹ 15,000. A tractor driver was fined with ₹ 57,000 for traffic ... read more
Recently, there has been a lot of cases of child trafficking of the age 16-19. Having a featured phone, or better a smartphone might help in locating the child. Additionally, internet-based study in schools might improve our standard of education.
As far as I understand many of the students might already be carrying cell phones while going to school, though they may not be permitted to use them in the class room, so the students might be ... read more
The period of 4 years mentioned in the amended Prevention of Corruption Act for competition of the trial in a corruption case, is NOT a binding or mandatory period. It is only expected that the trial ... read more
Firstly, please appreciate that in most of the cases, the complaint under the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, is made by the girl side. They make the complaint of demand and/or acceptance of dowry by ... read more
sir i want to know why there is ambiguity in our judicial system while delivering a judgment on same facts and under same law but delivered by one, two or many judges. e.g Triple Talaq unconstitutional judgment.
The ambiguity referred to in your question is basically difference of opinion among judges when they decide important cases. This is quite natural in important cases.My personal experience has been ... read more
There is no doubt that using third degree on (or torturing) the suspects or accused persons in police custody is not permissible under law in any circumstances, whether to extract information or to ... read more
There are many instances but the incident that I am going to share I don't know whether it will be right to say or not biased news or hypocrisy of media. As, we all know Wing Commander Abhinandan ... read more
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Torture- the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something. It can be physical, emotional, psychological in nature. ... read more
Some of the most dreaded Islamic Terrorists, while they were studying in regular universities/colleges, did they gave any hints of their extremist behaviour to their fellow students?
Read it carefully, if you want to dislike -do it- but read it carefully.Is this your way to create a disturbance on this platform? To spread hate, Or this is your genuine question?I DOUBT your ... read more
Do bad roads force you to drink and drive?Do bad roads force you to avoid putting seat belts on?Do bad roads force you to use mobile phone while driving?Or do bad roads force you to leave your ... read more
Push-Pull technology in railways involves two locomotives (or engines). One locomotive is attached at the front end of the train while, the second one is attached at the rear end.(pic source: google ... read more
Everyone keeps saying "save Hinduism", "save Indian culture", "We have the best culture worth preserving" BUT what exactly is that culture that we want to save? What's so different than other cultures? and why it needs to be preserved?
Culture means 3 things in general for a given set of population-1. Way Of Living2. Way of Thinking3. Way of WorshippingOne can differentiate individual groups of people by above 3 parameters. The ... read more
If by "knowledge sharing app" you mean "an app/website where you can ask questions and get answers to", then here are some of the knowledge-sharing apps in Indian vernacular languages:GyanApp ... read more
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The infer of the question is, is there is something which is not yet explored by the scientists, is things mentioned in the book is real or it is just a fake. So I am giving answer to that ... read more
Everyone keeps saying "save Hinduism", "save Indian culture", "We have the best culture worth preserving" BUT what exactly is that culture that we want to save? What's so different than other cultures? and why it needs to be preserved?
Example- Yoga, (Spirituality adhyatma- adhayan of atman) was also there in the past, from many years Indian Yogis were doing but since western science has certified it we are accepting it now, how ... read more
To be able to understand this answer, knowing the actual meaning of "liberal" is essential. A liberal is an uncomplicated person who believes that no opinion is truth and the whole truth, and hence ... read more
I read 332 pages from the Gujarati translation of that book. One person who was close to me had gifted me this book and said that this book will bring you "ultimate peace and instant satisfaction".I ... read more
In my opinion, it is the citizens who hold the key to the future of India.Gone are the days when the voice of the citizens was not heard.Today, in the information age, citizens can speak very loudly ... read more
Logically and realistically, the answer is citizens.Who are legislator executives and judges?Primarily, they all are- a citizen of this country, secondly, they are heading certain positions in the ... read more
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If one party challenges the lower court order in upper court and other party doesn't want to contest the order, and they didn't show up in the court. then what will happen, how the law will work?
Even in such situation, where one party has challenged the order of the lower court and the other party does not show up in the court and does not contest it, the appellate court may generally still ... read more
Oh well…I can’t say much about whether he is corrupt or not, the investigation is going on and the matter is still sub-judice.But here is a trivia which will help you make up your mind.Do you ... read more