We Should Hang Our Face In Shame: Madras HC Frowns At Discrimination Against Widows [Read Order]

Ashok Kini

9 April 2019 9:05 AM IST

“Even after so many decades of social advancements and in spite of works of many leaders, like, Rajaram Mohan Roy, Mahatma Gandhi, still women are not equally treated and that too, a widowed lady has to face discrimination in social functions as well as auspicious occasions.”

We should hang our face in shame, said the Madras High Court frowning at the discrimination faced by widows in social and auspicious occasions. Justice N. Kirubakaran was considering an appeal filed by Insurance company against the compensation awarded to a lady, whose husband died in a motor accident. In 2003, Pitchai @ Subramanian, while he was riding his two wheeler, a...

We Should Hang Our Face In Shame: Madras HC Frowns At Discrimination Against Widows [Read Order]

Ashok Kini

“Even after so many decades of social advancements and in spite of works of many leaders, like, Rajaram Mohan Roy, Mahatma Gandhi, still women are not equally treated and that too, a widowed lady has to face discrimination in social functions as well as auspicious occasions.”

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