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11 Mar 2020
Stiff Hindu rightwing resistance to the codification of Hindu personal law had led India’s first law minister, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar to resign. In 1955-56 the exercise was pushed through by India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. But how far has Hindu law really gone towards a more just framework for women?
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11 Mar 2020
Stiff Hindu rightwing resistance to the codification of Hindu personal law had led India’s first law minister, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar to resign. In 1955-56 the exercise was pushed through by India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. But how far has Hindu law really gone towards a more just framework for women?
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Hate Speech and Delhi Pogrom 2020
A spate of provocative speeches, that amount to hate speech in law and should be prosecuted allowed blood letting to spill on the streets of north east Delhi in February-March 2020
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