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SARFAESI Act, 2002 cannot be enforced in the State of Jammu and Kashmir

Case Law: Bhupinder Singh Sodhi v. Union of India, decided on 16.07.2015 The Court observed that the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir is sovereign in character and the State Assembly exercises sovereign power to legislate laws. Referring to Prem Nath Koul vs. State of J&K, 1959 Supp (2) SCR 270:AIR 1959 SC 749, the

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Childless Step Mother Can Claim Maintenance From Her Step Sons

Case Law: Deenbandhu & Anr. v. Birajho Bai In the case of Deenbandhu & Anr. v. Birajho Bai decided by Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur on 15 July 2015 by Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal. The question before the court was whether the step-mother can claim maintenance from the step-son under Section

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Unwed Mothers Are Not Required To Give Notice Under Section 11 Of Guardians And Wards Act, 1890 To The Child’s Putative Father

Case Law: ABC v. State (NCT of Delhi), 2015 SCC OnLine SC 609 Delivering a quintessential decision interpreting Section 11 of Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, involving the question that whether an unwed mother must specify the name of the putative father in her petition for her appointment as the guardian of her

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Pluto Mission: Reaching The Unreachable

Mercury (1974), Venus (1962), Mars (1965), Jupiter (1973), Saturn (1979), Uranus (1986), Neptune (1989) and now Pluto (2015), the time line of having the encounters with the planets of our solar system has now been completed. On, 14th July first images of Pluto were being received by NASA from its

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Could A Rape Victim Be Asked To Mediate With Her Rapist?

The words ‘compromise’, ‘mediation’, ‘unwed mother’, ‘social stigma’ loomed in the court room as the judge passed his order for interim bail. The words trailed with the air to the world outside and soon impersonated the spark that started the forest fire. India decried; how could a rape victim be

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