ACT

India's Maternity Benefit Act 1961 has been empowering women for over four decades now. Here's how to apply for leave if you suffer a miscarriage or are undergoing a tubectomy operation.

Anandkumar has organised the pages of the syllabus into ten books, each covering a month of study.

While this amount can seem as a mere drop in the ocean, in comparison to the amounts other offenders have been alleged of not repaying, Mohammad is the first economic fugitive to be brought back to India.

The government has been working on improving and strengthening the laws relating to children.

“In my years of practice I saw that almost 80% of the patients who came to me for mental health concerns were victims of abuse – sometimes in childhood and at other times victims of domestic abuse.”

According to the Population Census 2011, there are nearly 104 million elderly persons (aged 60 years or above) in India; 53 million females and 51 million males.

The law till now gave only the option of voiding the marriage but stopped short of invalidating the marriage itself.

Felling of trees should be considered an exception rather than a rule, says the Karnataka High Court

While this is available to only Central government employees now, the idea is to extend it to the private sector as well.

Social ostracism and boycott has been prevalent for centuries. Will this Act bring about a positive change?