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Family Law Articles


Representaion of party by Legal Practitioner in Family Courts

  Member (Account Deleted)   10 November 2010 at 09:38

The Law commission in its 59th report (1974 ) stressed that in dealing with disputes concerning the family court ought to adopt an approach redically different from that adopted in ordinary civil proceedings and that it should make reasonable effort ..


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"Welfare" in HMGA, 1956 defined

  R.Ranganathan   16 September 2010 at 23:50

Supreme Court in its recent order has said that the "Welfare" mentioned in the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 has to be construed literally and must be taken in its widest sense. It has stated that the moral, ethical as well as ..


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RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS

  Sameer Sharma   06 September 2010 at 20:50

RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS Section 9: Restitution of conjugal rights: "When either the husband or the wife has without reasonable excuse withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply by petition to the district Co ..


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Who is Hindu?

  Arup    01 September 2010 at 09:51

Who is Hindu? Declaration by a non Hindu is sufficient to be treated as a Hindu This is a case of Kerala High Court. Mohandas Vs. Dewaswom board. Mr. Jesudas the famous playback singer, born and brought up as a Christian. On the basis of his declara ..


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proforma - divorce petition.

  Arup    28 June 2010 at 20:14

PROFORMA – DIVORCE PETITION. IN THE COURT OF THE __________________DISTRICT JUDGE TO THE COURT OF DISTRICT JUDGE, _____________________ (The name of the Court in which the suit is brought) ______________________________ … &helli ..


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INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTIONS

  Raj Kumar Makkad   18 June 2010 at 06:41

THE Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 (GWA), the 116-year-old Indian legislation plays spoilsport. A whopping 12 million orphan children in India need parents but the law does not allow Muslims, Christians, Jews and Parsis to become their adoptive parent ..


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Mimicry of Dowry Death who is responsible?

  vandanakandari   15 May 2010 at 12:21

Another gooseflesh story of a young Bride tortured in her matrimonial home for dowry demand and later burnt to death. Although such news is a regular features in our day-to-day lives; and social activists, government, judiciary had come out with man ..


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Alternative Dispute Resolution and Family Dispute Resolution

  VG Ranganath   08 May 2010 at 15:15

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND FAMILY DISPUTE-RESOLUTION*[1] Nothing is static, every thing is dynamic. Due to evolution of time every thing changes viz., process, tradition, way of living etc. The concept of dispute was very old and still in ..


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JUDICIAL SHELTER RUNAWAY COUPLES NEED COMPASSION

  Raj Kumar Makkad   10 April 2010 at 23:11

In most Indian families, a girl and a boy are supposed to marry according to the convenience and approval of their parents, relatives, neighbours and, at times, even of those who are total strangers to them. In short, everyone's opinion matters, ..


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MUSLIM WILLS

  Sivadas Chettur   04 April 2010 at 13:25

MUSLIM WILL (WASIYAT) Generally a person starts thinking about executing a will when he develops a feeling that he is getting aged or has become so sick that death is imminent. The expression "will" means the legal declaration of th ..


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