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Family Law Articles


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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Maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. - From the date of app

  Sanjeev Panda   01 March 2010 at 15:11

Maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. - From the date of application or date of the order Abstract Whether the Applicant wife is entitled to maintenance from the date of the Order passed by the Family Court or from the date of application made by t ..


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Nikah - Muslim Marriage-An Overview

  G. ARAVINTHAN   07 February 2010 at 14:28

The legal contract between a bride and bridegroom as part of an Islamic marriage; the contract of Islamic marriage; Islamic marriage in general.Nikah is an Arabic term used for marriage. It means "contract". The Quran specifically refers t ..


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Devolution of Interest in Case of Male Dying Intestate

  Piyush Khanna   05 February 2010 at 20:45

INTRODUCTION In every system of law provision has to be made for a readjustment of things or goods on the death of the human beings who owned and enjoyed them. Succession, in the sense of the partition or redistribution of the property of a former o ..


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JUDGING OUR CHILDREN

  Raj Kumar Makkad   26 December 2009 at 11:57

A NEW report issued by a state panel formed to investigate New York's juvenile detention centers has found that they "fail to keep their young people safe and secure, let alone meet their myriad service and treatment needs," and that " ..


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Divorce Rates in India

  meena   16 December 2009 at 22:21

Earlier our India was known to our culture, tradition and its social values but today it seems everyone's ego is taking high value in society with the growing money in everyone's pocket. Earlier people were thinking a marriage as sacred relation but ..


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Right to Education Act 2009

  Raj Kumar Makkad   19 November 2009 at 22:44

Sixteen years after the idea was first mooted, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 has finally been notified, after receiving the assent of the President of India.Article 21-A, as inserted by the Constitution (Eighty-Sixt ..


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