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West Pakistan Family Court Act

  shaukat Ali   12 September 2009 at 23:18

THE WEST PAKISTAN FAMILY COURTS ACT, 1964(W.P. Act XXXV of 1964)C O N T E N T SSections 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. 3. Establishment of Family Courts. 4. Qualifications of Judge. 5. ..


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Restitution of Conjugal rights under Hindu Marriage Act, 195

  G. ARAVINTHAN   25 August 2009 at 22:55

The restitution of conjugal rights is one of the reliefs that are provided to the spouses in distress in the institution of marriage by law. Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) provides for the restitution ..


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Prenuptial Agreement

  G. ARAVINTHAN   25 August 2009 at 22:55

More than one in three of all first marriages end in divorce as well as fifty-percent of second or third marriages. When you make your vows, a lot of people don't realize they are stepping into a 'financial union'. Having a prenuptial agreement will ..


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Prenuptial Agreements - Do's and Dont's

  G. ARAVINTHAN   25 August 2009 at 22:55

Unless your a lawyer, you probably don't really know much about prenuptial agreements. For example, did you know that prenuptial agreements that "promote divorce" are unenforceable? Or that you can't put anything in your prenup about relig ..


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LEGALIZING ABORTION- IS IT JUSTIFIED?

  pritish   11 August 2009 at 23:43

PRITISH KISHORE MARYADA SHARMA 5TH SEMESTER, B.A.LL.B ( Hons.) CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, PATNA, BIHAR ADDRESS: C/O REGISTRAR, CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY A.N SINHA INSTITUTE, GANDHI MAIDAN , PATNA- 800001 PHONE No. ..


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The National Commission For Women

  shahbaz ahmad   06 August 2009 at 18:45

Author’s name: SHAHBAZ AHMADAddress: DR. RMLNLU, L.D.A. SECTOR D-1,KANPUR ROAD, LUCKNOW U.P.PHONE NO. : +91 9795790550About me: I’m a thied year student of DR.RMLNLU, LUCKNOWARTICLE TOPIC - “National Commission For Women” The ..


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Irretrievable breakdown Of marriage

  G. ARAVINTHAN   23 July 2009 at 08:36

However the attempt to introduce irretrievable breakdown as a ground of divorce has proved to be vague in the mind of the people. In answer to the first criticism we can say that in india, marriages as they define are made in heaven and solemnized o ..


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S.125 CrPC– is desertion a defence only till divorce?

  Swami Sadashiva Brahmendra Sar   17 July 2009 at 09:06

Sub-section (4) of Section 125, Cr. P.C. provides as under :-"(4) No wife shall be entitled to receive an allowance from her husband under this section if she is living in adultery, or if, without any sufficient reason, she refuses to live with ..


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Bigamy - can not be inferred from confession

  Swami Sadashiva Brahmendra Sar   17 July 2009 at 09:06

In P. Satyanarayana and another v. P. Mallaiah 1996 AIR SCW 4000 : (1996) 6 SCC 122 the wife-respondent filed a written complaint before the police under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code which after investigation was put in Court for trial of th ..


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Right to seperate residence of the Hindu wife

  Raghav Singh   10 July 2009 at 19:40

Introduction:-According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary of law, maintenance is the act of providing basic and necessary support or a financial means of providing necessary support.[1] In general, we can say that maintenance are those necessar ..


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