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Intentional delay in the court proceeding costs a woman Rs 50,000

A city family court Mumbai has instructed a woman who has an 11-year-old son to pay Rs 50,000 after she filed a petition withdrawing the consent terms agreed upon before a judge in her divorce battle. Allowing the woman’s plea to withdraw the terms, the judge, however, observed, “Repatriation from mediation settlement casually is nothing but wastage of time, skill and energy of all concerned and, therefore, warrants saddling of exemplary cost.”The wife and her husband have been estranged for a year. The order copy states that the couple was referred to a mediator with their own consent to fix…

The Issue of Name Change After Marriage

Marriage is considered to be the most crucial decision in the life of an individual. There are numerous notions associated with this institution as stated by Hindu mythology. It is the purest and the longest bond, which a man and a women share. The Indian couples should serve their marriage for the seven births, after they get hitched as the spiritual and social beliefs prevailed.However, it’s the beginning of another life for both the woman and lucky man, yet the concerned woman particularly encounters most of the progressions. These progressions are not just confined to her lifestyle or…

It’s right time India must to get rid of absurdities in laws

Needless to say that visibly there are blemishes in Indian laws that may seem doltish, outdated, draconian, conflicting, open to misapply and in some cases even interesting and it is high time we dispose of such absurdities to make the legitimate framework powerful, says economist, editorialist and author Bibek Debroy. He was giving an address organized by Moneylife Foundation in Mumbai.“With a new Narendra Modi government, there is an expectation of overhaul of the legal system. The new prime minister has been talking about statutory reforms that he had carried out in Gujarat. There are some…

Know the Delhi Rent Control Bill

Most of the persons living in urban regions are, by one means or another, straightforwardly or by implication influenced by the law of rent control which is common in nature and it varies from State to State. The law which was relevant to Delhi was Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act, 1952 (38 of 1952).Throughout the course of its materialization, numerous troubles were being confronted and it was viewed as important to establish an extensive law for Delhi. With a specific end goal to accomplish this target, the Delhi Rent Control Bill was presented in the Parliament.The Delhi Rent Control Bill…

Know the difference between mutual and contested divorce in India

Marriage is a domain of life in which we enter not by blood but by our choice. Marriage is nothing but a sacrament and a contract. As it is connected with the freedom of choice, sometimes we do make choices that do not turn out the way we want them to be.Divorce allows a person to be free from marital relationship. The law has an interest in protecting marriage, and not allowing it to be severed only by choice and on ordinary wear and tear. To get a divorce, one needs to prove certain matrimonial offences or grounds for e.g. adultery/desertion/cruelty etc.Seeking a divorce in India is a long-…

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