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In a judgement dated 23rd December 2015, the Bombay High Court ruled that false cases filed by a wife against her husband under Section 498A of IPC amount to mental and matrimonial cruelty; and that divorce can be sought...
Compassionate Appointment scheme is one that grants appointments on compassionate ground to the dependents (Divorced Daughters) of a Government servant who dies before retirement or retires on medical grounds. This is to ensure that the family is not deprived of...
In 1980s, the Central Government had requested the states to introduce a scheme to include award pensions to the post-independence political sufferers. In 1988, the West Bengal Government launched the Political Sufferers scheme which would provide State allowance to...
On the first of this month, the Allahabad High Court pronounced a landmark judgement where it laid down that a child born from rape will have inheritance rights over property of the biological father. This case involved the rape of...
The Magdras High Court through its recent judgement has taken a step towards making higher education accessible to more number of people. It held that a person can pursue a degree course without having done plus two (12th Grade) if...
On Tuesday, the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry suspended a group of three lawyers of Madras High Court for having setup a bar at the court campus. According to sources, the three advocates, namely E Murugan, D Vijay and C Vijay -...