Friday, June 10, 2011

Exoneration

Exoneration is relieving part of the estate of a deceased person, charged with a debt, by the payment of the debt out of another part thereof. This may be by law, or by the special direction of the deceased in his will, It is either absolute or relative; when relative, the property remains liable and is proceeded against after the property, which is liable before it, is exhausted.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

CHILDREN BORN OUT OF LIVE-IN-RELATIONSHIP ARE NOT ILLEGITIMATE

The Supreme Court has recently laid down that a child born out of a live-in-relationship is not illegitimate and moreover they have the right to inherit the property left behind by any of the parties in this kind of relationship.
The judges gave emphasize to this by relying upon section 114 of the Evidence Act which states that if a man and a woman is residing together for a long time under the same roof then there will be a presumption that they are living as husband and wife and child born to such persons will not be illegitimate. This decision has been given so as to give importance to the institution of marriage as well as to prevent concubine.
This Judgment was delivered by the Supreme Court in an appeal filed by one Madan Mohan Singh, against the decision of the Allahabad high Court and two other tribunals which had allowed the right on the estate to the children who were born out  of live-in-relationship. The Supreme Court also held that the relationship is considered to be marriage in the eyes of law if the partners keep the bonding alive for a long duration.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Legal News

Egypt court fined 90 million dollars on former president Hosni Mubarak accusing and other two ministers for shutting down Internet and mobile phone service during the protests culminating in his ouster.

Divorce been legalized in Malta after a survey passed with 53 % of people vote, and saw a 72 percent turnout among the predominantly Catholic 412,966 residents.

Former Delhi partner of Fox and Mandal Ravi Bishnoi has filed a summary suit against its former company alleging them not paying his unpaid dues.