A lot has been said and done about violence against women at the hands of their in-laws and society, however, men are also victims of intense domestic violence! But sadly, the same men fail to acknowledge the need to do something about this...ASSUMPT ..
Section 498A was introduced in 1983 to protect women from cruelty and harassment by her in-laws. Nevertheless it has undeniably morphed into an extortion racket which is only growing by the day. 3,90,397 persons (of which 87,830(22.5%) were women the ..
A court order by which an individual is required to perform, or is restrained from performing, a particular act. A writ framed according to the circumstances of the individual case.An injunction commands an act that the court regards as essential to ..
The act of temporarily stopping a judicial proceeding through the order of a court.A stay is a suspension of a case or a suspension of a particular proceeding within a case. A judge may grant a stay on the motion of a party to the case or issue a sta ..
Men’s rights activists want domestic violence laws to be gender neutral. Armed with statistics of high suicide rates among men, their wish list includes a ministry for men’s welfare, a national commission for men and a review of the anti- ..
PARALLEL IMPORT: A CONUNDRUMBy Suwarn Rajan, Advocate & Patent Agent, Managing Partner, CARE INTELLECT,NEW ..
The rage of Mumbai’s citizens at the government’s callousness and criminal negligence was well expressed in the anguished messages on placards at the Gateway of India that read “Enough is Enough” and “When will WE get Z ..
Article 49-O of Constitution gives us the Right to not voteDID YOU know that there is a provision in the Constitution of India, as per the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1969 Act, in Section 49-O that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his id ..
How can probate obtained in Mumbai? What is the court fee payable? if the value of the property, cash, etc. is not known how the stamp duty is determined? Who can file and how long does it take to obtain probate? ..
Can a married daughter claim a share in the dwelling house of her late father who died intestate? How? The house is in possession of her brother. There is widowed mother, two handicapped daughters, one son who died, and two more married daughters. Ca ..