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Law Commission Recommends Amendment of Explanation to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956

   30 July 2008 at 23:37

Law Commission Recommends Amendment of Explanation to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Defining ‘Partition’; and OMISSION OF SECTION 213 FROM THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 The Law Commission has recommended (i) Amendment of exp ..

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Court says no to mother, grants child's custody to grandparents

   23 July 2008 at 08:44

A Delhi court today granted the custody of a minor child to the grandparents rejecting the plea of her biological mother.Ms Y (name changed) was married to Mr X (name changed) on June 11, 1998 as per Christian rights and customs and two children were ..

Posted in Family Law |   1259 Views


IAS officer, kin booked for Merc demand

   10 July 2008 at 15:39

MUKTSAR: A criminal case case was registered on Sunday against an IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, his parents and younger brother for demanding a Mercedes in dowry, showing cruelty to his wife and attempt to outrage her modesty. The police acted on t ..

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Arushi’s father may be innocent: CBI

   07 July 2008 at 15:10

After a month of painstaking investigations in the Arushi double murder case, the CBI appears to be veering around the view that accused father of the teenage victim Dr Rajesh Talwar may be innocent. Sources claimed that till date not a single piece ..

Posted in Family Law |   296 Views


Indian courts advocate zero-tolerance towards sex crimes

   23 June 2008 at 22:09

Two significant judgments by the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court of India on more stringent punishments for rape and warnings to judges to hand out appropriate sentences to rapists may have a positive impact on justice for victims of sexual c ..

Posted in Family Law |   506 Views


SC reserves verdict on custody of divorced couple's son

   18 June 2008 at 22:53

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on wednesday reserved its verdict in a matter, related to the custody of a divorced couple's 11-year-old son, which had earlier prompted it to observe that "the Hindu Marriages Act has broken more homes than uniting ..

Posted in Family Law |   378 Views


SC says HMA breaking homes instead of preserving them

   18 June 2008 at 14:25

New Delhi, Jun 17 (UNI) In an important observation the Supreme Court today said the provisions of Hindu Marriage Act have proved counter-productive and have broken more homes than it had kept together.The observations were made by Justice Arijit P ..

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Hindu Marriages Act breaking more homes than uniting: SC

   18 June 2008 at 14:25

Expressing concern over an increasing number of divorce cases flooding the courts, the Supreme Court Tuesday observed that the Hindu Marriages Act had done more harm to the family system in the country than strengthening it.The Hindu Marriages Act ha ..

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Law mulled against child slander

   09 June 2008 at 09:07

NEW DELHI, June 5: To prevent character assassination of child victims like Aarushi Talwar by investigating agencies in future, the women and child development (WCD) ministry intends to tighten existing legal provisions and even draft a new law if re ..

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Protection of Indian women deserted by NRI husbands

   02 June 2008 at 10:15

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has taken several steps for protection of Indian women deserted/harassed by their NRIs husbands after receiving many complaints. An inter-Ministerial sub committee with Secretary, MOIA as Chairman and represent ..

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