Search Results for Tag : Parents
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CWC and Labour Department more in breach than compliance of child welfare guidelines(04.09.2015)
In a case emerging out a lack of action taken by the police against a person employing children in a welding shop, the Court made a “shocking revelati.....
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Delhi High Court: Both Parents Needed in Best Interest of Kid(20.11.2017)
Delhi High Court has directed an estranged NRI wife, who has been staying in Delhi, to return to the US with their three-year-old daughter while obser.....
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Supreme Court: Parents Transferring Property to ‘Caring Children’ is not Undue Influence(13.09.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that if parents transfer property to an offspring who takes care of them in old age, it cannot be assumed that the individual .....
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Gujarat HC: Father Must Maintain Son Only Till He is of 18 years(21.03.2016)
Gujarat HC has ruled that parents are liable to maintain a son till he turns 18 and starts earning.
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Parents are Obligated to Spend on Education of Their Children: Bombay HC(14.01.2019)
Bombay High Court has observed that parents are obligated to spend money on their children's education and that such monetary transactions shouldn't b.....
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Bombay HC Upholds Direction Under Senior Citizens Act to Son to Vacate Flat of Elderly Parents(20.09.2021)
Bombay High Court has dismissed the son's appeal against the Maintenance Tribunal order asking him to vacate the premises, observing that the man and.....
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Delhi High Court: Parents to be Maintained by All of their Children, There can be no division of Duty(25.09.2019)
Delhi High Court has observed that parents are to be maintained by all of their children and there can be "no division of duty" among them in this reg.....
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Punjab and Haryana HC: Foreign Nationals are Covered Under Senior Citizens Act(03.02.2016)
Punjab and Haryana HC has ruled that foreign citizens living in India are also covered under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Ac.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana HC , Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, foreign citizens
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Rights of Elderly Persons Must be Recognised & Implemented: SC Issues Directives(14.12.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that there cannot be any excuse of lack of finances either by the Government of India or by the State Governments in strict.....
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CIVIL - We Should Respect, Serve and Worship Our Parents: Chhattisgarh HC(20.03.2019)
Chhattisgarh High Court has said we should respect, serve and worship our parents, while dismissing a man's plea against providing maintenance to his .....
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Kerala HC: Presents Gifted By Parents For Daughter's Welfare Not Dowry(14.12.2021)
Kerala High Court has ruled that presents given to the bride at the time of her marriage for her welfare will not count as dowry under the ambit of Do.....
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Delhi HC: Every Child Has Fundamental Right to Get ‘Love & Affection’ From Both Parents(20.02.2017)
Delhi High Court has said while giving father the right to meet his minor son has said that ‘every child has a fundamental right to get "love and affe.....
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Delhi HC: Parents of Dead Accident Victim to be Treated as Dependants for Compensation(15.01.2021)
Delhi High Court has held that parents of a dead accident victim are to be treated as dependants to award compensation. The Court has clarified that l.....
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Bombay HC: Child Raised in Orphanage Can’t Be Declared Orphan if Biological Parents Are Alive(02.11.2022)
Bombay High Court has held that children though brought up in an orphanage cannot be declared as orphans as defined under Section 2(42) of the Juvenil.....
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Man Deposed About Parents' Murder He Witnessed When He was Six: Tripura HC Upholds Conviction(28.01.2019)
Tripura High Court has upheld a Trial Court judgment convicting an accused for a murder that took place about three decades ago, relying on the deposi.....
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Bombay High Court: School Boards Can’t Refuse to Change Names of Students, Parents(03.05.2018)
Bombay High Court has ruled that the law does not prohibit an individual from changing her name, and therefore school boards cannot bar her from doing.....
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CIVIL - Karnataka HC Asks Son to Vacate Parent's House for Manhandling Parents(25.02.2019)
Karnataka High Court has directed a man to vacate his parent's house, taking serious note of the fact that he had manhandled them and observed that ou.....
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Madras HC Rules: Aged Parents of Deceased Person Eligible for Workmen’s Compensation(18.01.2017)
Madras High Court has ruled that aged parents of a deceased person is also eligible for compensation sanctioned under Workmen Compensation Act.
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Bombay High Court: 'Adoptive' Parents can Continue to Visit Separated Kids(28.11.2019)
Bombay High Court has continued an earlier relief to six sets of 'adoptive' parents to have daily visitation rights. They can meet the children they h.....
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Delhi HC: Educational Certificates & Degrees of Students Should Contain Names of Both Parents(11.03.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that it is retrogressive if educational certificates, degrees and other such documents reflect the name only of the father o.....
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Delhi HC: Prospective Adoptive Parents Can't Demand Their Choice on Which Child to Adopt(20.02.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that Right to Adopt does not come within the ambit of Article 21 of the Constitution of India hence prospective adoptive par.....
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Kerala HC Directs Family Courts to Mask Name of Adoptive Parents When Issuing Orders(12.04.2021)
Kerala High Court directed the Registrar (District Judiciary) to issue necessary directions to all family courts in the state to mask the name of adop.....
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Karnataka High Court: Rights of Adopted Child of Indian Parents Cannot be Left Marooned(29.03.2024)
Kar. HC while directing Central Adoption Resource Authority to consider representation of an Indian couple that has adopted a child in Uganda, has hel.....
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Delhi High Court: Minors Too Have a Right to Choose Not to Live With Parents(28.04.2017)
Delhi High Court has said that even minor children have liberty to choose not to live with their parents.
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Kerala HC: Presents Gifted By Parents For Daughter's Welfare Not Dowry(14.12.2021)
Kerala High Court has ruled that presents given to the bride at the time of her marriage for her welfare will not count as dowry under the ambit of Do.....
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Delhi Court Declares Couple Legal and Biological Parents of Surrogate Child(31.12.2021)
Delhi Court has declared a couple as legal and biological parents of a child born out of a surrogacy arrangement, observing that there is no law in th.....
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Karnataka HC: Only Indian Citizens Can Start Proceedings Under Senior Citizens Act(31.03.2022)
Karnataka High Court has observed that only Indian Citizens can initiate proceedings under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizen A.....
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Supreme Court Allows Parents Having Visitation Rights to Maintain Contact with Children(01.05.2020)
Supreme Court has directed that parents with visitation rights may resort to electronic means keeping in view the inability of parents to meet their c.....
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Calcutta HC Orders Daughter to Pay Maintenance to Parents, Provide Accommodation(11.03.2022)
Calcutta High Court has directed a daughter to allow her aged parents to reside with her in a residential flat which had been gifted to her by her par.....
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Madras HC Asks Parents to Spend More Time with Their Children(30.09.2016)
Madras HC while voicing concern over elopement of minor children and attributing it to reasons such as nuclear family setup has asked parents to spend.....
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P&H HC: No Requirement of NOC Where Adoptive Parents are Indians(30.07.2020)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 would not apply in cases of inter-country adoption of children being given .....
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Bom. HC: Parents Don’t Hold Absolute Rights Over Destiny of Their Children(12.04.2023)
Bombay High Court while observing that children cannot be treated as property of parents, and don’t have absolute rights over the destiny and life of .....
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Bom. HC: Father/Mother-In-laws Not Entitled to Claim Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC(19.04.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that parents-in-law are not entitled to claim maintenance from their widowed daughter-in-law under Section 125 CrPC, on the.....
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Karnataka HC Directs Police Stations to Maintain List of Senior Citizens in Their Jurisdiction(24.11.2016)
Karnataka High Court has directed State Government to ensure that each police station maintains an up-to-date list of senior citizens in its jurisdict.....
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Punjab and Haryana HC: Children Expected to Look After Elderly Parents(15.07.2021)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that children are expected to look after their elderly parents properly, which is not only a value-based pr.....
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MP HC Grants Protection to Couple Receiving Threats from Parents(15.07.2021)
Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted protection to a couple receiving threat from their parents after observing that persons, being major, voluntaril.....
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Calcutta HC Directs Minor Child to Remain with Adoptive Parents(05.12.2016)
Calcutta High Court has directed that a two-year-old child would remain with a couple who had adopted her, despite biological mother's tearful plea to.....
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Will Not Allow Hadiya’s Husband to Meet Her, Says Hadiya’s Guardian and College Principal(29.11.2017)
Will Not Allow Hadiya’s Husband to Meet Her, Says Hadiya’s Guardian and College Principal
Tags : The Supreme Court ordered the college administration to treat Hadiya like any other student and as per hostel rules, but remained silent on whether Shafin Jehan, Hadiya’s husband, or her parents would be allowed to meet her while she completes her studies.
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Orissa High Court Directs Mediation Between Private Schools and Parents(09.09.2020)
Orissa High Court has ordered the School and Mass Education Department of the State to convene a meeting between all the stakeholders including the pa.....
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Karnataka HC Directs State to Consider Offering Compensation to Parents of Boy Died of Electrocution(20.08.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the State government to immediately consider offering compensation to the parents of 15 years old boy who died of el.....
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Calcutta High Court: Respect Elders or else Find Separate Accommodation(11.01.2017)
Calcutta High Court has ruled that children living in their parents’ house have to listen to them and respect them, or else find their own separate ac.....
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You are Parents of Your Child Forever: SC to Parting Couple(29.11.2018)
Supreme Court, while allowing a married couple to ‘part as friends’, has reminded them about the duty towards their child and also observed that the c.....
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Supreme Court: Custody Court Can Refuse to Grant Custody of Child to Natural Parents(29.08.2024)
SC while reserving judgement in a custody case, has observed that a custody court can refuse to grant custody to the natural parents. It all depends o.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Natural Parents, Legal Rights
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SC: Can’t Assume that Dowry & Gifts Given During Marriage are Entrusted to Parents-in-Law of Bride(30.08.2024)
SC has reiterated the position that giving dowry and traditional presents at the time of the wedding does not raise a presumption that such articles a.....
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SC Acquits Parents-in-Law Since Factum of Dowry Demand Wasn’t Proved(23.09.2024)
Supreme Court has acquitted parents-in-law of a deceased woman charged for committing dowry death on the ground that no factum of dowry demand was pro.....
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