More than one in three of all first marriages end in divorce as well as fifty-percent of second or third marriages. When you make your vows, a lot of people don't realize they are stepping into a 'financial union'. Having a prenuptial agreement will ..
Unless your a lawyer, you probably don't really know much about prenuptial agreements. For example, did you know that prenuptial agreements that "promote divorce" are unenforceable? Or that you can't put anything in your prenup about relig ..
Changing your last name is a very common thing for a bride to do after marriage. It can also be a great way to lose an unwanted or unappealing family name. It really doesn't matter when or why you want to change your name, it is your right to do so. ..
Drafting of Minutes for Board Meetings The term ‘minutes’ though not defined in the Companies Act, 1956, is considered as a written record of proceedings of a meeting of any Company duly kept in pursuance of the law. Minutes contain int ..
Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India is the highest court of the land as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India. According to the Constitution of India, the role of the Supreme Court is that of a federal court, gu ..
In Smt. Sarbati Devi & Another v. Smt. Usha Devi (1984) 1 SCC 424, the Supreme Court held that a mere nomination does not have the effect of conferring to the nominee any beneficial interest in the amount payable under the life insurance policy, ..
In order to reduce the delay in courts and in the process of traditional adjudication mechanism, the Alternative Disposal Mechanism (ADR) was mooted. The dispute resolution through Conciliation, Arbitration and Mediation etc., is regarded as a ..
In K.S. Shivadevamma & Others v. Assistant Commissioner & Land Acquisition Officer & Another (1996) 2 SCC 62 it was observed that: the Supreme Court has laid as a general rule that for laying the roads and other amenities 33-1/3% is requi ..
In day-to-day commercial transactions, we will enter into many agreements or contracts. While certain agreements are prepared mechanically and get executed, certain other agreements require careful consideration of many things. For e ..
Here is an extract from observations made by a Division Bench of Allahabad High Court while passing an interim order (Bail) in Criminal Appeal No. 2651 of 2009: “We need to also keep in mind that presently the Central and District jails in U.P. ..