As per Section 3 of General Clauses Act, 1897 the “official Gazette” or “Gazette” shall mean the Gazette of India or the official Gazette of a State. History Gazette as a terminology has interesting history : The word gazette comes from gazzetta, a Venetian coin used to buy early Italian newspapers; the coin became a name [...]
The much awaited provisions which seek to curb the power of Police to make arrests are once again open to debate in Indian Parliament. On 15th March, 2010 India’s Home Minister P. Chidambaram introduced in Lok Sabha The Code of Criminal Procedure Amendment Bill, 2010. // This new Amendment Bill owes its existence to certain [...]
Section 125 (1) (d) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is a provision in Indian Law whereby a Magistrate can order children to make a payment of monthly allowance as maintenance to their Parents (father or mother). Relevant extracts from a few Judgments of Supreme Court and various High Courts of India are enumerated below, [...]
Hi-tech, fast track courts for resolution of commercial disputes could soon be a reality in India. Government has introduced The Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009 which is set to change the way commercial disputes of high pecuniary value are resolved in Indian Courts. The proposal finds basis in the 188th Report of Law [...]
Preventing growth of destitution in society is one of the major objectives of any social legislation. Recognizing this fact, the law makers had created provision for ‘maintenance of parents’ under Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC). It cast a duty upon children to maintain their parents. Notwithstanding this provision, Government of India enacted another law, specifically for [...]
