Introduction The United Nations Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for the Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, 1985, adopted vide the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 40/34, was a landmark that boosted victim concerned movement. Under the aforesaid Declaration, the term ‘victim’ was defined as “Someone who has
Landmark case analysis on Impounding of passport in 498A cases The Passport Act is a special statute and hence it would prevail over Section 102 or Section 104 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that empowers the Police to seize and the Court to impound any document. In the case
Cruelty Cruelty is a ground for dissolution of marriage and it may be defined as wilful and unjustifiable conduct of such character as to cause danger to life, limb or health, bodily or mental, or as to give rise to a reasonable apprehension of such a danger. In the case
In India, an accused person is required to attend all hearings in a criminal case in which they are involved, unless specifically exempted by the court. This is because the presence of the accused is necessary to ensure that they are aware of the charges against them and have the
How alimony is decided in India? The expression ‘alimony’ may be defined as the financial support provided to a spouse post-divorce. Alimony is provided to the spouse not having sufficient means to take care of the basic needs. Either spouse may claim alimony from another however; mostly it is claimed by
Marriage is the base of a family structure and it creates a basic social unit. Both marriage and family form the social status of people that are sanctioned by society. In India, we have different sets of family laws for persons belonging to different religions. These are called personal laws.
Educated Wife/ Earning Wife- Not An Absolute Bar To Grant Maintenance To Her- Delhi High Court INTRODUCTION ‘Maintenance’ as defined is an amount payable by the husband to his wife who is unable to maintain herself either during the subsistence of marriage or upon separation or divorce. Although “maintenance”
INTRODUCTION In India, there are many cases wherein the issue of child removal from his/her home country to another foreign country by one parent without the consent of another parent. These cases usually arise when one parent takes the child away from their home country without any consent or reasonable
When a couple goes through a divorce or separation, child custody is often a contentious issue. Some of the common allegations that may be made in a child custody petition in India include: Allegations of neglect: One parent may allege that the other parent is neglecting the child’s physical
Legal view of RERA Law in India In India, the real estate laws are governed by both State-specific laws and Federal laws. As per the Constitution of India, ‘Land’ falls under the State List while ‘Transfer of property and registration of deeds and documents’ falls under the Concurrent List and
