Child Marriage: laws & flawsArvind JainEvery year, on the auspicious day of 'Akshaya Tritya', more popularly known as 'Akha Teej', thousands of gullible minor children (including infants) are forced to tie the marital knot (Read-'noose'). The tra ..
FUNCTIONING OF FAMILY COURT AND THE RESULT NOW ENSUING Family is the smallest unit in the society. Unity in the families is a social need. The introduction for Order 32 A in CPC in the year 1976 to give more attention to the matrimonial disputes by t ..
Whilegenerating a lot of sympathy for the petitioning couple, the decisionof the Bombay High Court to disallow Niketa and Haresh Mehta to aborttheir 25-week unborn child has sparked off a near unanimous demand forreviewing the 37-year old Medical Ter ..
MIS-USING DOWRY LAWS The practice of giving a "dowry" or a gift to a woman at marriage is said to have its origins in the system of "streedhan" (women's share of parental wealth given to her at the time ..
What is a Marriage Certificate and Why is it Needed? A Marriage Certificate is the proof of registration of a marriage. The need for a Marriage Certificate arises in case you need to prove that you are legally married to someone, for purposes like ob ..
A matrimonial lawyer is often flooded with lots of questions by the clients. The most common query being, the quantum of maintenance after a divorce. This particular question is often the cause of worry for most men who are interested in going for a ..
MEN- BEAWARE OF MARRIAGE! Rajesh Kumar We are born in a society where marriage is treated as sacrosanct, something which was fixed in heaven. It is a relationship valid not only in this life but also in lives yet to come. Nevertheless, this rel ..
MaintenanceIn India, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act provides for claiming maintenance under certain circumstances.Maintenance in simple words means sustenance. In order to maintain the flow of life a person ne ..
CUSTODY OF MINOR The right of the natural guardian to have the custody of minor U/S 6 is subject to S.13 of the Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act. According to S.13 of the Act the welfare of the minor is of paramount consideration. Condition as m ..
Adoption in Hindus covered under The Hindu Adoption Act, which talks about the requirements fro a valid adoption. ..
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