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According to the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967, the Centre has designated the Popular Front of India (PFI) as an "unlawful association." State police and federal law enforcement agencies now have the authority to detain organisation members, freeze their accounts, and even seize their property. Following are some serious repercussions that might occur in accordance with the law: The UAPA makes belonging to a prohibited organisation a crime in Section 10. According to the law, belonging to a prohibited organisation carries a two-year minimum punishment that, in some cases, can be increased to a life sentence or even the death penalty. A person who "is and continues to be a member of such association, or participates in meetings of such association, or contribu...

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Conversion Therapy in India: A Cure To LGBTQIA+ ‘Disease’ To Appease Cultural Virtue?

Agamapar ChadhaJune 21, 20220

Conversion therapy by the medical profession is an illegal practice to ‘cure’ and covert any sexual orientation of a person to strictly heteronormative. The patient subjugated to these will be ‘cleansed’ from their sexuality which is part of the L.G.B.T.Q.I.A+ section of sexuality. This practice involves physically and psychologically breaking to resolve their ‘abnormal’ tendencies. There are many reasons why this practice continues to prevail in India. From a religious perspective in Islam(14%) and Christianity( 2%), homosexuality is considered a sin. In Indian society, heteronormativity has become a symbol of pride, family honour, and reputation. There is an infusion of heteronormativity with the idea of masculinity and femininity with the underlying aspect of patriarchy in Indian soc...

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Infidelity Pleasure More Than Sin: France’s Paternity Test Ban To Ensue Societal Chaos?

Agamapar ChadhaJune 20, 20220

The paternity test checks whether a child is the father’s offspring and involves extracting blood from the father and the child. These samples are given to a lab for analysis to prove/disprove a man is a child’s father. These tests have an obvious way of being useful as a tool for examining genetic conditions. This data would help in times of medical crisis. Socially and financially, this test has many undertones with “absent fathers” paying child support to the previously helpless mothers, extra-marital affairs getting caught, and mothers not being able to claim fatherhood to take financial backing. France, however, stands apart from these implications by banning genetic testing altogether. Tests are performed under strict restrictions by the court’s orders in the circumstances ...