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Implementation of Social Justice Acts

   15 December 2009 at 08:32

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, was enacted in 2007. The Act comes into force upon notification by the State Govts./UTs. National Council for Older Persons, which is an Apex National level Consultative body inter-alia ..

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CHOCOLATE JUDGE AND JUDGMENT

   24 November 2009 at 15:27

Believe or not, what you read below is true and has happened in a court in Kolkata few days before. A judge has revealed his expression of love for a small child by getting her chocolates and also deciding the case in the favour and desire of the chi ..

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Gujarat High Court Judgment

   12 November 2009 at 14:35

Children born to surrogate mothers are Indians AHMEDABAD: Children born to surrogate mothers on Indian soil are Indians, the Gujarat High Court held today. The ruling came during the hearing of a case of twins born to a German couple through a surr ..

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Delhi HC dismisses paternity plea against N D Tiwari

   03 November 2009 at 18:58

The Delhi High Court dismissed Rohit Shekhar’s plea that he was Andhra Pradesh Governor and veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari’s biological son.The order was seen as a relief to Mr Tiwari. Rohit Shekhar is the son of former Congress party ..

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HC annuls Christian's marriage with Hindu

   25 October 2009 at 10:58

A city-based Christian boy, who wanted to divorce his Hindu wife, was horrified to find that his marriage with her did not stand at all! Nilesh Narin married Kashmira Banker as per Hindu rituals in April 2002 and they were blessed with a child the fo ..

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Wife's suspicion can't be ground for divorce

   26 September 2009 at 23:19

Observing that mere suspicion of a woman about her husband's affair with another woman cannot be a ground for divorce, the Bombay High Court has set aside a divorce granted to a techie and his lecturer wife by a family court in Pune. After marriage, ..

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September 9/11---first divorce case

   23 September 2009 at 18:57

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COURT GIVES HINDUS FREE HAND IN ADOPTION

   20 September 2009 at 17:34

COURT GIVES HINDUS FREE HAND IN ADOPTIONHindus who have always wanted to adopt a girl even though they already have a daughter can now do just that. The Hindu adoption law prohibits same gender adoptions but, in ..

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Court gives Hindus free hand in adoption

   20 September 2009 at 06:21

Hindus who have always wanted to adopt a girl even though they already have a daughter can now do just that. The Hindu adoption law prohibits same gender adoptions but, in a landmark judgment this week, the Bombay High Court has thrown open the legal ..

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Seeking divorce on ground of impotence no more a taboo

   15 September 2009 at 14:28

Women seeking separation from their partners on the grounds of impotence or sexual dissatisfaction has been a taboo in the society for long.But it seems there is no stigma attached to it anymore if the spurt in such cases coming to the Mahila Helpli ..

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