The law and the mob
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Posts by: Malavika Rajkotia
Divorced from Reality?
Access Malavika Rajkotia’s article on the proposed criminalisation of triple talaq, published in the Jan 15th edition of India Today, Read here.
The Case Against Abolitionists
Below is a short excerpt from an article by Malavika Rajkotia, arguing against the abolition of triple talaq, which first appeared in the Indian Express on June 2, 2017.
The Law Commission’s Questionnaire on Uniform Civil Code
The Law Commission circulated a questionnaire on UCC to gather opinion from legal experts and the civil society about a common code of family law. The questionnaire is cursory, and with due respect, seems to have been developed to elicit…
Should we Sign the Hague Convention?
The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [“Hague Convention”] was concluded in 1980, to facilitate the quick return of children removed by a parent from the country of habitual residence of the child to another country….
“The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All The Lawyers”
A judge said in court, “we all know most divorce settlements don’t happen because of lawyers”. Another who used to practice in this area told my young intern “move to another area of practice: family law feeds on people’s misery.”…