LEGAL BULLETIN #7#AfternoonSpecial

                                                                

PARLIAMENT SPECIAL

22 MPs recognised as consolidated bloc in Rajya Sabha

 

Rajya Sabha chairman , Hamid Ansari has recognised a group of 22 MPs belonging to smaller parties and certain independents as a consolidated bloc - the United Group. It will be the 3rd largest group of MPs in the Rajya Sabha after the Congress & the BJP.

The bloc will find a place in the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) that decides time allotment. The MPs of bloc will secure more time to speak in house debates which was earlier as little as 3  minutes of speech time.

p.s. - This is the 3rd time in the history of Indian parliament consolidated bloc has been recognised.(First was in 1983 and second in 1990).

BAR & BENCH

Relief possible against minor, women,etc under DV Act, 2005

 

SC struck down the words "adult male" before the word "person" in Section 2(g) of Domestic Violence Act in an important pronouncement Hiral P Harsora and ors Vs. Kusum Narottamdas Harsora & Ors. 

 SC held that these words discriminate between persons similarly situated, and is contrary to the object sought to be achieved by the Domestic Violence Act. Now a complaint of domestic violence can be made against any person who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with the aggrieved person.

SC Strikes Down Words ‘Adult Male’ From The Definition Of “Respondent” Under Section 2(Q) Of DV Act

Read more at: http://www.livelaw.in/sc-strikes-words-adult-male-definition-respondent-section-2q-dv-act-relief-possible-minors-women/v

Now a complaint of domestic violence can be made against any person who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with the aggrieved person as the Supreme Court in an important pronouncement in Hiral P Harsora and ors Vs. Kusum Narottamdas Harsora & Ors, has struck down the words “adult male” before the word “person” in Section 2(q) of Domestic Violence Act holding that these words discriminate between persons similarly situated, and is contrary to the object sought to be achieved by the Domestic Violence Act.

Read more at: http://www.livelaw.in/sc-strikes-words-adult-male-definition-respondent-section-2q-dv-act-relief-possible-minors-women/

Now a complaint of domestic violence can be made against any person who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with the aggrieved person as the Supreme Court in an important pronouncement in Hiral P Harsora and ors Vs. Kusum Narottamdas Harsora & Ors, has struck down the words “adult male” before the word “person” in Section 2(q) of Domestic Violence Act holding that these words discriminate between persons similarly situated, and is contrary to the object sought to be achieved by the Domestic Violence Act.

Read more at: http://www.livelaw.in/sc-strikes-words-adult-male-definition-respondent-section-2q-dv-act-relief-possible-minors-women/

Now a complaint of domestic violence can be made against any person who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with the aggrieved person as the Supreme Court in an important pronouncement in Hiral P Harsora and ors Vs. Kusum Narottamdas Harsora & Ors, has struck down the words “adult male” before the word “person” in Section 2(q) of Domestic Violence Act holding that these words discriminate between persons similarly situated, and is contrary to the object sought to be achieved by the Domestic Violence Act.

Read more at: http://www.livelaw.in/sc-strikes-words-adult-male-definition-respondent-section-2q-dv-act-relief-possible-minors-women/