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BIGAMY

227th Report on preventing bigamy via conversion to Islam – A proposal for giving statutory effect to Supreme Court rulings

CHILD MARRIAGE

205th Report on Proposal to amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 and other allied laws

COMPENSATION

62nd Report on Women’s Compensation Act

CUSTODY (PRISON)

135th Report on women in custody

DOWRY / DOWRY DEATHS

202nd Report on proposal to amend Section 304 B of the Indian Penal Code

91st Report on dowry deaths and law reform amending the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

EDUCATION

165th Report on free and compulsory education for children

FAMILY LAW

219th Report on need for Family Law Legislations for non-resident Indians

GUARDIANSHIP

133rd Report on removal of discrimination against women in matters relating to guardianship and custody of minor children and elaboration of the welfare principles

83rd Report on the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 and certain provisions of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956

HOMELESS

138th Report on legislative protection for slum and pavement dwellers

MARRIAGE & DIVORCE

224th Report on amendment of Section 2 of Divorce Act 1869 enabling non-domiciled estranged Christian wives to seek divorce

217th Report on irretrievable breakdown of marriage – another ground for divorce

212th Report on Laws of Civil Marriages in India - A Proposal to Resolve Certain Conflicts

211th Report on Laws on Registration and Divorce of Marriage - A Proposal for Consolidation and Reform

164th Report on the Indian Divorce Act, 1869

98th Report on sections 24 to 26, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

90th Report on the ground of divorce amongst Christians in India

81st Report on the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act, 1856

71st Report on the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

65th Report on Recognition of Foreign Divorce

59th Report on Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Special Marriage Act, 1954

23rd Report on Law of Foreign Marriages

22nd Report on Christian Marriage and Matrimonial Causes Bill 1961

18th Report on Converts' Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866

15th Report on Law relating to Marriage and Divorce amongst Christians in India

MEDICAL CARE

201st Report on Emergency Medical Care to victims of Accidents and during emergency medical condition and women under labour

NEGLECT

132nd Report on need for amendment of the provisions of the Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in order to ameliorate the hardship and mitigate the distress of neglected women, children and parents

OBSCENITY

109th Report on obscene and indecent advertisements and display: Section 292-293, Indian Penal Code

 POVERTY

223rd Report on need for ameliorating the lot of the have-nots – Supreme Court’s Judgments

PROPERTY RIGHTS

174th Report on “Property Rights of Women: Proposed Reforms under Hindu Law”

66th Report on Married Women’s Property Act, 1874

 RAPE

172nd Report on Review of Rape Laws

SUCCESSION

209th Report on Proposal for omission of Section 213 from the Indian Succession Act, 1925

208th Report on Proposal for Amendment of Explanation to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 to include oral partition and family arrangement in the definition of "Partition"

207th Report on Proposal to amend Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 in case a female dies intestate leaving herself acquired property with no heirs

204th Report on Proposal to amend the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 as amended by Act 39 of 2005

110th Report on the Indian Succession Act, 1925

SUICIDE

210th Report on humanization and decriminalization of Attempt to Suicide

TRAFFICKING

218th Report on need to accede to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980)

146th Report on the sale of women and children

64th Report on the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956

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