Mainstream Weekly

Surrogacy in India: A Thorny Issue

Namita Singh Jamwal — 2010-03-20T05:26:00Z

Surrogate motherhood—an arrangement in which a woman carries and bears a child for another person or persons, but takes no ownership of the child born—has raised moral, ethical, social and legal questions about both—the woman and the ‘commissioned baby'. The practice of renting a womb and getting a child is like outsourcing pregnancy. The business volume of this trade is estimated to be around $ 500 million and the numbers of cases of surrogacy are believed to be increasing at a galloping (…)

- 2010

Marital Discord and Divorce in India—The Changing Profile

Namita Singh Jamwal — 2009-08-31T16:44:00Z

Family is the most important primary group in society. Family and marriage are considered to be the two pillars of any society and as such they are the two most important societal institutions. In India, traditionally and from time immemorial, marriage has been hallowed as sacred; and marriage for most Indians is not merely a sacrament but is sacrosanct. Once the couple enters into the bond of marriage, the relationship is considered perpetual—till death does them apart. In other words, (…)

- August 2009

Have Family Courts lived up to Expectations?

Namita Singh Jamwal — 2009-03-07T11:16:17Z

The Family Courts Act 1984 was enacted with a view to promote conciliation and secure speedy settlement of disputes relating to marriage and family affairs, based on non-adversarial and multi-disciplinary approach. The Family Courts (FCs) are expected to (i) adopt a radically different approach than that adopted in ordinary civil proceedings, and (ii) make reasonable efforts for conciliated settlement before the trial commenced, and during this stage the proceedings are to be informal. (…)

- March 2009