Education is accorded a high priority in development policy in most countries, including India.

This report aims to evaluate the processes and implementation mechanisms of judicial waivers across different jurisdictions.

Education is a fundamental requirement for enhancing overall quality of individual and societal life.

It is unfortunate that a measure of confusion has set in about the precise nature and ramifications regarding the immolation - whether self, sati, or otherwise of the 55-yearold Charan Shah on the funeral pyre of her husband at Satpura in Uttar Pradesh on November 11.

The self-immolation by Charan Shah on the funeral pyre of her husband in a remote hamlet in Mahoba district in Uttar Pradesh has elicited a spate of articles dealing with the practice of Sati. Of these, a number of articles by Ms.