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DREAM VS REALITY Getting married is dream of every single human but the reality hits differently.  Marriage has been the ritual in the world in different style since ancient times. The relation of the bride and groom is not just with each other but it gets attached with both the families too. Little demands made in the marriage are part of the good faith but the unwanted demands of dowry by the husband and relatives in the badintentions, is a punishable offence under Indian Penal Code, 1860 of the Indian Judiciary. The breakups of marriages these days are common but the reason varies from person to person. In most cases the reasons are due to the cruelty, dowry demand, and harassment on the female spouse.  Rates of Domestic Violence cases are on its peak.75% divorce in India are due to domestic violence. Section 498A under Indian Penal Code 1860 talks about such cases, but studies state that half of the population is not aware of section 498A under Indian Penal Code.  Sect

                  DIVORCE (Part -1) The concept of marriage is very old all over the world. Marriages are made in heaven that is what we human being believes in. The certain age according to law in India for a girl to marry is 18+ and for a boy is 21. Marriage plays an important role in the life of human being. Marriage is a whole and soul of a relationship. It is a public confession and legal registration of adventure in fellowship. Recently the impatience, misunderstanding between the spouses, compatibility has led the marriage concept turn into the dissolution of same. As per the reports, today the rates of divorce are getting high as compared to the rates of marriage. Divorce is dissolution of marriage in a legal way. In short Divorce is cancellation of responsibilities of marriage between married couples. Divorce law varies from country to country. In most countries divorce needs sanction of court, or an authority in process of distribution of property, child custody, mai

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT- A Step Towards Achieving Gender Equality! Women play a vital role in the environment, world without women cannot be imagined. They constitute ½ of the world’s population and are equally intelligent like the men. The society had portrayed two different images of the women: one is family oriented and the other modern, working, liberal, independent and educated. In ancient times, women were mother goddess – giving birth, she was Devi, Shakti and Durga. Her life was surrounded around the men, as a daughter dependent on father, in youth age dependent on husband as a wife, in old age dependent on her son.  During Post independence she had also to face gender inequality. Increase in education facilities and opportunity gave a new ray of hope to her, wherein the judiciary system also amended the law and focused more on the protection of women’s right. Today the women have created their own identity in the professional as well as domestic front. Economic independen

FEMINISM- Women Can Do Whatever A Man Can Do And Do It Better! Feminism, the word is in trend, but the word is also hated by many specially the men. Feminism is series of social, political, economic and social movements.  Feminism puts an effort to change the gender differences and seek to work and establish equal educational and professional opportunities to the females in the society as male. Feminist movements were started with the aim to fight for the women’s right including right to live, right to vote, right to work , right to receive education and many more it also eliminates the gender gap. Feminist have work on the legal process also as legal abortion, maternity leave, also to protect women from hilarious act such as rape, sexual harassment at workplace, domestic violence. Changes in emotional and physical activities of women in the society have been the motive of the feminist movement. Many feminist movements have come forward since years and have shared their view