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weettute   09 January 2009 at 16:09

mental harassment for dowry

Can an unvisible mental harassment by inlaws and husband to a newly wedded girl for dowry be complained for redressal and punishement to the offenders. What is the procedure and how long it takes to settle the issue. Whether the inlaws against whom the compalaint is lodged can sue the complainant if they are not found guildy due to insufficient evidence or due to their resourcefulness.

weettute   09 January 2009 at 16:09

mental harassment for dowry

Can an unvisible mental harassment by inlaws and husband to a newly wedded girl for dowry be complained for redressal and punishement to the offenders. What is the procedure and how long it takes to settle the issue. Whether the inlaws against whom the compalaint is lodged can sue the complainant if they are not found guildy due to insufficient evidence or due to their resourcefulness.

esther   03 January 2009 at 17:02

christian property rights

dear sir ,please let me know what are the rights of a girl in christian property rights. this is very urgent,after knowing the rights ,i would like to post my query.thank you.

samudra   03 January 2009 at 16:59

Adoption...

Dear Friends,


1)Can some kindly Explain me what is Goda datta adoption/Act(Act which is followed for Adoptions, before 78 of HA&MA 1956 enacted),i mean its TEXT etc.


2)A person/s prepares an Adoption deed in the year 1971,saying: "The adoption ceremony of the said Boy had taken place in the year 1955",now(in the year 1971) we do here by DECLARE and RATIFY the Boy is our Adopted Son. How far this action is valid in The EYE of Law?

Apurva Kumar   03 January 2009 at 13:45

Divorce Petition(Cruelty)

Dear Sir/Mam.
one of client wants decree of divorce in her favor as all her attempts failed to materialize with her husband.The prob is of jurisdiction which is arising as she wants to file the case from Lucknow,but her marriage solemnized at Kanpur and she is the residence of Kanpur itself her husband is also of Kanpur.Now she use to resides at Allahabad along with her husband before the or at the time of dispute,her husband now also resides there and doing contract and tender.Now according to her she has threat to her life at Kanpur so she cant go there to file the case as one of her Adv.uncle who is against her may manipulate the case and at Allahabad her plaint for the 2nd time which she filed for divorce was mismanaged and plaint could meet the desired faith,so she is reluctant to file the case at Lucknow at any cost or can i filed it at Kanpur and get it transfered from there? plzzzzz suggest me how handle this case or suggest any case law of such type please if u all can?
Yours Apurva!

samudra   03 January 2009 at 12:37

Effect of Old Ruling on the, Earst while place (Of a Region).

********The Full Bench of this Court( MUMBAI HIGH COURT) in Anirudh's case (Supra) observed,
inter alia, as under:

(a) By following a decision of Seven Judge Bench of the Hyderabad
High Court in the case of Sheshadri v. Venubai, 37 Deccan Law Report
244, in the Marathwada area of the old State of Hyderabad, adoption
of a married person was valid and that Hindus in that area were
governed by the Mayukha or the Bombay School of Hindu Law and not by
the Mitakshara;

(b) a widow can take a boy over 15 years of age in adoption as also
a married person;

(c) the practice of taking married persons and boys over 15 years of
age in adoption in the regions which are governed by the Bombay
School of Hindu Law has been consistently recognised by the Bombay
High Court; and

(d) the expressions "custom" and "usage" as defined in clause (a) of
Section 3 of the Act include not only customs and usages in the
ordinary sense which have obtained the force of law among Hindus in
any local area, tribe, community, group or family, but also texts,
rules and interpretations of Hindu Law which have been continuously
and uniformly observed and have obtained the force of law among
Hindus in any local area, tribe, community, group or family.

The Full Bench summarised its final conclusions in the following words:

"In our opinion, the correct view of the provisions of Clause (a) of
Section 3 and of Section 4 and Clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 10
of the said Act was taken by Vaidya and Shimpi, JJ., in Haribai v.
Baba Anna, . We accordingly accept that view and
overrule the view taken by Malvankar,J., in Second Appeal No.1444 of
1965, Bhimrao Vithu Khandagale v. Chandru Savala Khandagale; by
Vimadalal and Naik, JJ., in Laxman Ganpati Khot v. Anusuyabai,
and by Joshi, J., in Balkrishna Raghunath Gharat
v. Sadashiv Hiru Gharat, ."

8. The learned counsel for the respondent was right in his submissions
that the view taken by the Full Bench of this Court in Anirudh's case
(Supra) has been approved by the Apex Court in the case of Kondiba Rama
Papal (Supra) in the following words:

"...The adoption is not invalid although it took place after the
thread ceremony of the boy was performed. Thus the custom is
judicially recognised in the Bombay State as regards adoption of a
child at any age. Once the custom is judicially recognised, it is
not required to be independently proved in subsequent cases...."

. By following the law laid down by the Full Bench of this Court in the
case of Anirudh (Supra) and by the Apex Court in the case of Kondiba
(Supra) it will have to be held that in the instant case it was not
necessary for the defendant to prove by evidence before the trial Court
that there was a custom or usage prevailing in the Maratha community in
Satara District of adopting a boy who had crossed the age of 15 years
and was also married at the time of adoption. The contentions of the
appellant that the adoption of the respondent as had taken place on
22-11-1988 was illegal on account of non-compliance of Section 10(iii)
and Section 10(iv) of the Act have to be rejected and thus the
substantial questions of law at serial no.(ii) and (iii) are hereby
answered against the appellant-plaintiff.**********



Will the ruling have effect ( Under the same situation/condition) on the case of a person living in Hyderabad(Andhra Pradesh)at PRESENT. {The person belong to a "Forward cast",of Andhra Pradesh state leading casts}.

Expert Members of this FORUM, in the Family Law to kindly reply to this tricky Question please!



Sagar K   31 December 2008 at 09:50

Validity of US Divorce Decree

The person is resident in USA and has taken a divorce decree from a US Court, as per the Decree the property in india is given to the husband and based on that decree the hasband has applied for deletion of joint holder Name (Wifes Name) from the share certificate of the company.

Please advice
1.Is the decree valid or does he have to do somthing more to make the decree valid in India.
2.Can a company relying on such foreign Decree Delete the joint share holders name from the certificate.

samudra   30 December 2008 at 17:58

Need clrification-by an expet in field!

"""Equality for Women
The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 (39 of 2005) comes into force from 9th September, 2005. The Government of India has issued notification to this effect. The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act is to remove gender discriminatory provisions in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and gives the following rights to daughters under Section 6:
The daughter of a coparcener cell by birth become a coparcener in her own right in the same manner as the son;
The daughter has the same rights in the coparcenary property as she would have had if she had been a son;
The daughter shall be subject to the same liability in the said coparcenary property as that of a son; and any reference to a Hindu Mitakshara coparceners shall be deemed to include a reference to a daughter of a coparcener;
The daughter is allotted the same share as is allotted to a son;
The share of the pre-deceased son or a pre-deceased daughter shall be allotted to the surviving child of such pre-deceased son or of such pre-deceased daughter;
The share of the pre-deceased child of a pre-deceased son or of a pre-deceased daughter shall be allotted to the child of such pre-deceased child of the pre-deceased son or a pre-deceased daughter.
After the commencement of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, no court shall recognize any right to proceed against a son, grandson or great-grandson for the recovery of any debt due from his father, grandfather or great-grandfather solely on the ground of the pious obligation under the Hindu law, of such son, grandson or great-grandson to discharge any such debt."""

AND

"""Under the new amendment to the Hindu succession Act you can claim partition if partition has already taken place before oct2004, then you are not eligible."""


Under the above conditions, i need Lawyer forum experts suggestion for the below explained case:


*"There is no partition to the property till to date"


A woman(Only Daughter) from Andhra Pradesh state,got married in the year 1978.Her father died in the year 2003( Mother died long before Father's death) .Father Writes a will Bequething the property, (One part) on his, Only Son and the balance property on his Grand sons (Son'S Sons)names.The property so willed is not self earned by him,but got to him through his marriage(He got married to,Only daughter of a lone widower).


Can the woman in the case eligible in her father property?If, Yes. How to proceed?


shivraj   27 December 2008 at 19:08

Hibba Nama

Muslim father is owner of house property. The said property came to the father from his father. He has two sons father has given ½ property to one son by Oral Hibba nama in the year 1992.

Accordingly two sons living separately and paid electric charges and taxes separately and doing business separately.

Father being old filed suit for possession as owner against the son and his family member.

Evidence was lead by the son as defendant there after application for framing issue regard Hibba-Nama is given which is rejected

Alteration u/s-6 x 17 is filed for amending the written statement and getting declaration of ownership by Hibba-Nama as counter claim which was also rejected till High Court.

Matter is on argument.
1) Whether defendant is entitled to get amendment for declaration of ownership by oral Hibba-Nama of 1992?
2) Whether the pleading of Hibba Nama is proved by taking two withness is sufficient inspite of there is no issue?
3) Whether is issue of Hibba-Nama is unnecessary one?

Keshav Kumar Saxena   25 December 2008 at 17:22

Distribution of fixed asset

Dear Sir,

Kindly help me in knowing whether a head of HUF is in power to square off asset like land and house of the family favoring others leaving any member of family without benefit of that and if the the member is standing separately now.