The facts of the case went back to 1992. They related to State violence against a set of protesters, collectively referred to as “mothers of political prisoners” (the reference is self-explanatory), and who were the Appellants before the Supreme Court. Appellants submitted that for a period of many months in 1992, they were subjected to […]
Ramesh Chandra Sharma vs State of UP arose out of the Greater Noida Authority’s decision to pay differential compensation rates for certain land that it had acquired under the old Land Acquisition Act. The Authority divided landholders into “Pushtaini” and “Ghair-pushtaini.” Pushtaini landholders were those who had acquired the land before the establishment of the […]
The roots of the controversy lie in the patriarchal structures of our world. It is an incontrovertible fact that in most societies, men hold a disproportionate share of immovable property (for the gendered skew in Kenya, see here). The reasons for these are both historical (dating back to times when women were legally barred from […]