The article is an excerpt of below mentioned case. The new Section 6 of the act provides for parity of rights in the coparcenary property among male and female members…
The pre-amended Section 6 of the Principal Act (Hindu Succession Act, 1956) reads as under: “Section 6:- Devolution of interest in coparcenary property – when a male Hindu dies after…
In its 174th Report (May 2000), the Law Commission of India was of the view that the gender reforms were called for to ensure equality. The Commission noted the fact…
Introduction A division bench of the Hon’ble Bombay High Court comprising of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep V. Marne was hearing two appeals travelled to the court concerning…
Under our criminal jurisprudence, the court ordinarily is not privy to the evidence collected during the investigation by the investigation agency. After completion of the investigation, what is brought before…
The Court meticulously examines the evidence in a case, and in case of the examination of the witnesses, certain points have been established by the Supreme Court while considering the…
In criminal cases, it is often the case that the offence is witnessed by a close relative of the victim, whose presence on the scene of the offence would be…
Merely because the witnesses turn hostile does not necessarily mean that their evidence has to be thrown out entirely and what is supportive of the prosecution certainly be used. In…
Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, enacted by Act No. 68 of 1976 with effect from 25th May 1976, reads thus: “13 Divorce.- (1) Any marriage solemnized, whether before…
Exercise of jurisdiction under Article 142(1) of the Constitution of India by Supreme Court in such cases is clearly permissible to do `complete justice’ to a `cause or matter’. We…
