1st Edition
Upholding Justice Social, Psychological and Legal Perspectives
Foreword by Justice C. K. Thakker
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction: Upholding Justice
Chapter 1. Upholding Justice for Ensuring Equity and Equality
Sibnath Deb, G. Subhalakshmi and Kaustuv Chakraborti
Part I. Social Perspectives
Chapter 2. Justice for Children
Kim Oates
Chapter 3. Protection of the Rights and Dignity of the Third Gender in India: Need of the Hour
Aleena Maria Sunny and Sibnath Deb
Chapter 4. The Rights of the Children of Commercial Sex Workers: A Situational Analysis
Swathisha P. and Sibnath Deb
Chapter 5. Food Justice in a Welfare State: Dynamics of the Public Distribution System in India
Bishakha Majumdar
Chapter 6. From Subjection to Liberation: The Shifting Scenario and Current Status of Women in Indian Society
Shikha Soni and Sibnath Deb
Chapter 7. Disability Laws: Relevance, Implementation and Revisions
Anjali Gireesan
Chapter 8. Parental Alienation and Its Associated Controversies: Considerations from the Viewpoint of Brazilian Legislation
Marina S.L.B. Castro and Lucia C.A. Williams
Part II: Psychological Perspectives
Chapter 9. Parental Identity Crisis: A Platform for Injustice to Mentally Ill Offspring
Nilanjana Sanyal
Chapter 10. Secret Marriage of Individuals with Mental Health Challenges: Analyzing Legal Aspects
Sibnath Deb
Chapter 11. The Volatile Situation in Kashmir and Its Impact on the Mental Health of Common People
Aehsan Ahmad Dar and Sibnath Deb
Part III. Legal Perspectives
Chapter 12. Cultivating Local Capacity to Restructure Nepali Governance
Keshav K. Acharya and John Scott
Chapter 13. Role of Law Commission in Bringing Need-Based Legislation for Upholding Justice
Justice Ravi R. Tripathi
Chapter 14. The ‘Enforcement Crisis’ and Social Rights in India
Kamala Sankaran
Chapter 15. Inducing Competitive Advantage in Judiciary at the District Level
Pradip Banerjee
Chapter 16. Judicial Activism: A Tool Towards Upholding Justice
G. Subhalakshmi
Chapter 17. Ensuring Timely Justice: Issues and Challenges
Asis Pal
Index
Biography
Sibnath Deb is the Director at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, Tamil Nadu, India. Previously, he was Professor at the Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, and has also taught at the University of Calcutta, India.
G. Subhalakshmi is a faculty member at the School of Law, Pondicherry University, India.
Kaustuv Chakraborti is a doctoral researcher in the Department of English at Pondicherry University, India.
