Law Commission Recommends Amendment of Explanation to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Defining ‘Partition’; and OMISSION OF SECTION 213 FROM THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 The Law Commission has recommended (i) Amendment of exp ..
A Delhi court today granted the custody of a minor child to the grandparents rejecting the plea of her biological mother.Ms Y (name changed) was married to Mr X (name changed) on June 11, 1998 as per Christian rights and customs and two children were ..
MUKTSAR: A criminal case case was registered on Sunday against an IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, his parents and younger brother for demanding a Mercedes in dowry, showing cruelty to his wife and attempt to outrage her modesty. The police acted on t ..
After a month of painstaking investigations in the Arushi double murder case, the CBI appears to be veering around the view that accused father of the teenage victim Dr Rajesh Talwar may be innocent. Sources claimed that till date not a single piece ..
Two significant judgments by the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court of India on more stringent punishments for rape and warnings to judges to hand out appropriate sentences to rapists may have a positive impact on justice for victims of sexual c ..
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on wednesday reserved its verdict in a matter, related to the custody of a divorced couple's 11-year-old son, which had earlier prompted it to observe that "the Hindu Marriages Act has broken more homes than uniting ..
New Delhi, Jun 17 (UNI) In an important observation the Supreme Court today said the provisions of Hindu Marriage Act have proved counter-productive and have broken more homes than it had kept together.The observations were made by Justice Arijit P ..
Expressing concern over an increasing number of divorce cases flooding the courts, the Supreme Court Tuesday observed that the Hindu Marriages Act had done more harm to the family system in the country than strengthening it.The Hindu Marriages Act ha ..
NEW DELHI, June 5: To prevent character assassination of child victims like Aarushi Talwar by investigating agencies in future, the women and child development (WCD) ministry intends to tighten existing legal provisions and even draft a new law if re ..
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has taken several steps for protection of Indian women deserted/harassed by their NRIs husbands after receiving many complaints. An inter-Ministerial sub committee with Secretary, MOIA as Chairman and represent ..