Live-in Relationships: Adult couple can live together without marriage – Supreme Court Recently an adult couple was given the right by the Supreme Court to live together without marriage while on the other hand, there were assertions that a 20-year-old Kerala woman is an adult and free to decide whom she wants to live with. […]
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Filing partition of property with joint owners in your absence can become a nightmare, Beware!
Life is very hard for some people. When a person goes through a lot of financial hardships, getting a property worth crore of rupees is nothing less than bliss.Can we imagine cases, where people are not even aware that they are being duped by their own siblings or close relatives ?We were approached by a […]
Family Settlement for Property Disputes – Part II
Irrespective of the social or economic status of families, disputes over property are common. Most people prefer rushing to court rather than making efforts to solve these issues in amicable manners. Family settlement on the property is more advisable and definitely a better way to resolve these issues.Read: Family settlement for property disputes in India – […]
Role of civil lawyers during property dispute and partition in India
According to some civil lawyers property dispute is a common practice in India during the partition of property.Every household, unfortunately, goes through some or the other property dispute during partition.Sometimes back we were approached by Mr Vikas regarding a property issue with his brother while partition. Mr Vikas lives abroad while his brother lived in India. […]
Financial settlement during the divorce
A marriage is a union of two people for the rest of their lives. However, it may jeopardise when a couple decides to call it quits. Though the emotional loss is something one can live with, the reality of financial loss after being alone is something one lives with forever.Sometime back we were approached by […]
FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION
We have been taught from childhood that the right to Freedom of Speech and Expression is a fundamental right guaranteed to the citizens of India. The Right to Freedom is guaranteed along with the seven other fundamental rights mentioned in the Indian constitution.“Your freedom in a country can be gauged by the freedom you exercise […]
WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO CHALLENGE A WILL IN THE COURT
This could very well pass off as the saga of relationships, confusions and chaotic disputes. Hemraj Vatsyan’s father Dwarka Dass had two wives. His first marriage with Kamla Dass ended up in a divorce and he then married Jagminder Kaur. He had three sons from his first wife and then adopted a girl, Peggy. Later […]
My tenants are not paying rent neither vacating the property need solution
Like most NRIs, Shailesh Bhatia and his wife, settled in London – were convinced that leaving their family bungalow, on the outskirts of Pathankot, on rent would keep the house safe and well maintained. It was easy to decide to rent out the property to a small family of four, a businessman, his wife and […]
TOUGHER RAPE LAWS AND THE RECENT UPDATES
At present India has an increased emphasis on fighting sexual assault. In this regard, the death penalty as a punishment for the rapists of girls below the age of 12 has been approved, following an ordinance that altered an existing criminal law.The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 2018 has been therefore promulgated in this regard.There are […]