The Second Backward Classes Commission (Mandal Commission) By an Order made by the President of India‚ in the year 1979‚ under Article 340 of the Constitution‚ a Backward Class Commission was appointed to investigate the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes within the territory of India‚ which Commission is popularly known as Mandal Commission. The terms of reference of the Commission were: "The terms of reference of the Commission were:-- (i) to determine the criteria for
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Compare and contrast the existential and mindfulness approaches to understanding and working with fear and sadness. Which of these two approaches do you feel more drawn to and why? Existential Approach Introduction This essay focuses on Existential and Mindfulness approaches and how they work. To really understand both approaches‚ I will be talking about where they came from and what has developed since then‚ what has and how it has improved psychotherapy as a whole. Firstly‚ the Existential Therapy
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| | MANU/SC/0293/1998Equivalent Citation: AIR1998SC2120‚ 1997(1)ALD(Cri)157‚ 1998(1)ALD(Cri)762‚ 1997(1)BLJR263‚ 1998CriLJ2930‚ JT1998(3)SC318‚ 1998(2)PLJR67‚ 1998(3)SCALE53‚ (1998)4SCC626‚ [1998]2SCR870IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIACrl.A. Nos. 1207-1208 of 1997 [With Crl.A. Nos. 1209/97‚ 1210-12/97‚ 1213/97‚ 1214/97‚ 1215/97‚ 1216/97‚ 1217-18/97‚ 1219/97‚ 1220/97‚ 1221/97‚ 1222/97‚ 186/98 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 2/98) and 187/98 (Arising out of S.L.P. (Crl.) No. 366/98)].Decided
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the novel that I am reviewing is entitled A Time to Kill by John Grisham. This is a very special comtroversial story that takes place in a southern state where racism and the Ku Klux Klan are very big factors in the lives of manu inhabiting in the small southern town. It tells the story of two white males who commit a sadistic crime by beating and raping a young black girl and leaving her on the side of the road to die. After this hideous crime was brough to the attention of her father‚ Carl Lee
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The laws and guidelines of ancient India have many similarities to the laws and guidelines of other ancient civilizations we’ve studied in the past two weeks. In the "Law of Manu" we see the creation of the caste system‚ a system which places people in predisposed social classes which dictate your profession and your worth. The classes range from the Brahman which are the highest ranked people within the society‚ to the Shuda which are the least ranked and known to be the servants of the upper classes
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JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED ******************************** In the legendary interminable case of “Jarndyce Vs Jarndyce” in Dickens’ “The Bleak House”‚ characters have grown old‚ been born into‚ married into‚ and been divorced from various plaintiffs and defendants and awaited judgement with fond hope as if to The Last Day of Judgement. In this novel‚ Charles Dickens brings forth a long-running litigation which is an embodiment
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sacred text alone it is hard to tell what women’s status is in Hinduism. Although one may look at the lack of women in sacred scripture as an obvious sign that women mustn’t be very important if they aren’t even worth mentioning. However in the Laws of Manu‚ another Hindu scripture‚ women are briefly referred to. It states that it is women’s nature to “seduce men in this (world); for that reason the wise are never unguarded in (the company of) females” (2:213). “For women are able to lead astray in (this)
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Property and the Concept of ‘Stridhana’ As mentioned earlier there were two schools of law namely Mitakshara school and Dayabhaga school. In both the schools women’s property rights were restricted. Under Mitakshara law male were coparcenaries ie‚ the owners of land. They got this right by birth and not by succession. But the main characteristic of this property was the inalienability. A person who possessed that property cannot dispose it by sale‚ gift or by will. Ownership was just a notion. The
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was the only baneful feature of Hindu society. There was a progressive deterioration in the position of women in the society since Manu’s times‚ which reached the lowest point during this period. The practical recommendations given in the Manu-samhita were those of a bigot. Though not exactly regarded as a piece of property‚ the woman’s secondary status is highlighted in this manner. "In childhood‚ a female must be subject to her father‚ in youth to her husband‚ when her lord is
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time. Suttee was credited with the power to rescue the husband and wife from hell‚ taking them both to heaven immediately. The majority of these ancient texts portrayed suttee as the rightful behavior of a widow‚ but other texts such as The Laws of Manu allowed for women to have the choice between life or death. However‚ the alternative was not very pleasant. Widows that did not participate in suttee were sent to live secluded lives. They renounced social activities‚ were required to shave their heads
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