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Can Live-In Partners Claim Maintenance ?

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LEGAL WEBSITE CONTACT Can Live-In Partners Claim Maintenance?  Key Points:- That according to the Supreme Court judgment in the year 2018, the couple who were in a Live-in relationship for a significantly longer period of time can claim maintenance in case of dispute between them. In another matter, it was ruled out that partners living in live-in relations cannot be denied maintenance if there was evidence that parties are living together for a significantly longer period of time, and according to section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, under which a husband can claim maintenance from financially strong wife but there has been no such event of the male live-in partner getting maintenance from his partner. Brief:- That the legal status of partners living in live-in relations is not clear in India, but the supreme court of India has ruled out that partners living in live-in relationships for a significantly longer period will be treated as legally married and the oppressed partner is eli

Are you Mentally Harassed By your Wife and What options do you have to counter it?

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  LEGAL WEBSITE CONTACT Are you Mentally Harassed By your Wife and What options do you have to counter it? Points to be noted 1.   Only a women is not the victim of Mental Harassment, men can be too the victim of Mental Harassment.   2.   Unfortunately, unlike women’s, there is no specific law for men’s which can protect them from cruelty & Mental Harassment.   3.   However, there are few legal options under which the husband can get justice.   4.   It’s important to show and established that you are being subjected to mental harassment and a victim of it. So, it’s essential to gather evidence as much as possible to help you prove it.   5.   Even though, Mental harassment and cruelty is ground for divorce under Hindu marriage act & Special Marriage act. Brief:-       Because of the many injustices women faced in the past, society has been shaped to believe that it is always the woman who is the victim but not the guy. As a result, men's victimizatio

Is it always necessary to use Handcuffs to Restrain the Accused?

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  LEGAL WEBSITE CONTACT Is it always necessary to use Handcuffs to Restrain the Accused? KEY POINTS The Delhi Court rejected the request of Delhi Police to bring Umar Khalid and Khalid Saifi in handcuffs. It was stated before the court that they were neither gangsters nor former offenders. There was no need to handcuffs them because they were not being produced physically before the Hon’ble Court. Today, we explore in this article that is it always necessary to use handcuffs to constraint the accused. It is strange that there was no provision which covered Handcuffing and fettering prisoners under the Delhi Prison Rules. That according to Superintendent, Producing an accused does not fall under the scope of the Tihar Jail administration. Brief:- A Delhi court recently refused a request to produce Khalid Saifi and Umar Khalid on the grounds that they were high-risk prisoners who had attempted to help under-trial prisoners in escaping from the Jail. According to Additional Sessions Jud

What is the difference Between Lawyer, Advocate, Barrister, Attorney ?

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  LEGAL WEBSITE CONTACT What is the difference Between Lawyer, Advocate, Barrister, Attorney? The first two terms are Lawyer and Barrister Firstly we will understand about Lawyer, whom we call Vakeel also A Lawyer is a person who has studied law means a law graduate. So, the person who has a law degree, whether of 3 years LLB course or 5 years. That person becomes a lawyer. But being only a lawyer, can you represent any client in the court and argue for their court case? No, you can't represent them in court or argue.   The 2nd term Barrister is also similar to this. If you have studied law in India, you become a Lawyer and if you have studied law in England, you become Barrister. Only the terms are used differently but the meaning of both is the same and similar to the Lawyer, Barrister also can't represent clients in the court, they can't argue on any case. When a Lawyer enroll himself with the Bar council, then he becomes Advocate, we also call them "Ad