{"id":264959,"date":"2022-04-03T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T03:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=264959"},"modified":"2022-04-03T00:20:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T18:50:52","slug":"11-legal-stories-of-the-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/04\/03\/11-legal-stories-of-the-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alimony to Husband, Compassionate Appointment to Illegitimate Child, Marriage Expenses of Unmarried Daughters, Maternity Leave to Contractual Employees and much more| Read 11 Legal Stories of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Interesting picks from this week&#8217;s legal stories from High Courts to District Courts<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Alimony<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Whether husband is entitled to claim alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955? Bom HC decides<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A conjoint reading of Sections 24 and 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 would reveal that both the sections in the Act of 1955 are enabling provisions and confer a right on the indigent spouse to claim maintenance either pendente lite or in the nature of permanent alimony and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/04\/02\/alimony-2\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Karta<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Daughters and widow of a deceased would inherit properties of deceased as tenants in common or joint tenants? Bom HC explains<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mangesh S. Patil, J., expressed that, by virtue of Section 19 of the Hindu Succession Act, it has been explicitly made clear that if two and more heirs succeed together to the property and in the estate, they take the property as tenants in common and not as joint tenants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/04\/01\/karta\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Compassionate Appointment<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Illegitimate child\u2019s right to be considered for Compassionate appointment: Read what Chh HC says<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sanjay K. Agarwal, J., held that an illegitimate son would be entitled to consideration on compassionate ground and cannot be denied consideration on the ground that he is the illegitimate son of the deceased Government servant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/03\/30\/illegitimate-son\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Marriage Expenses<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Can unmarried daughters claim expenses of marriage from their parents under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956? Chh HC addresses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While stating that, in Indian society, normally expenses are required to be incurred for pre-marriage and also at the time of marriage<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>the Division Bench of Goutam Bhaduri and Sanjay S. Agrawal, JJ., held that unmarried daughters have a right to claim expenses of marriage from their parents under the Hindu Adoptions &amp; Maintenance Act, 1956.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/03\/30\/unmarried-daughters\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Maternity Leave<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Can maternity leave benefits extend beyond the period when contractual period of an ad hoc employee comes to an end? Del HC analyses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a claim of maternity benefit by a contractual employee, the Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh, JJ., expressed that, The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 Act is a social legislation that should be worked in a manner that progresses not only the best interest of the women-employee but also of the child, both at the pre-natal and post-natal stage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/03\/29\/maternity-leave-5\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Strikes<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bar on Government servants to engage in strikes? Ker HC elaborates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While expressing that, it is the duty of the welfare Government to protect not only the citizens but to continue with, all the Government work as expected, the Division Bench of S. Manikumar, CJ and Shaji P. Chaly, J., directed that Government servants should be prevented from engaging in a strike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/03\/29\/strikes\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Evidentiary Value of Newspaper Reports<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Newspaper reports are of no evidentiary value and Courts would be transgressing their well-settled limitation if cognizance were to be taken of such unsubstantiated and unverified reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a matter wherein, details were sought with regard to Supreme Court Collegium meeting held on 12-12-2018, Yashwant Varma, J., expressed that, newspaper reports are of no evidentiary value and Courts would be clearly transgressing their well-settled limitation if cognizance were to be taken of such unsubstantiated and unverified reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/03\/31\/newspaper-reports\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Anand Marriage Act<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>State directed to take steps to frame and notify Rules for Registration of Sikh Marriages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Division Bench of Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, ACJ. and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, J. took up a PIL filed by the petitioner commanding the respondent State to notify the Rules under Anand Marriage Act, 1909 and also to issue guidelines to register the marriage of people of Sikh Community under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/03\/30\/registration-of-sikh-marriages\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Bribes<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Every Advocate is a Court officer and part &amp; parcel of the justice delivery system: Madras HC found a Govt. Advocate demanding bribes at the cost of justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Division Bench of K. Kalyanasundaram and R. Hemalatha, JJ., expressed that, the Government advocate being the representative of the Government has to act in an honest manner. If he\/she goes around with the intention to make money at the cost of justice, only chaos will prevail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/03\/29\/government-advocate\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Insolvency<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Logix Insolvent? NCLT initiates insolvency proceedings against Logix City Developers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Coram of Bachu Venkat Balaram Das (Judicial Member) and Narender Kumar Bhola (Technical Member) initiates insolvency proceedings against Logix City Developers due to default in payment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/04\/02\/nclt-initiates-insolvency-proceedings-against-logix-city-developers\/\">Read full report here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Custody Parole<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Merely because an accused is a Muslim, governed by personal laws, can be debarred from availing rights under Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000? 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Mukerji and Amrita Sinha, JJ., allowed an appeal filed by the husband against the order of District Judge who directed him to pay permanent alimony of Rs 14 lakhs to the respondent wife. 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