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Start Free TrialBombay Hindu Divorce (Decrees Validation) Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Preamble
Title: the Bombay Hindu Divorce (Decrees Validation) Act, 1958
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1958
.....for a continuous period of 4 years before the commencement of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, filed suits for divorce under one or other of those Acts, read with sections 29 and 30 of the Central Hindu Marriage Act; and it appears that divorces in certain cases were actually granted. Subsequently in Sitabai Ramchandra v. Ramchandra Raghunath Todankar, Appeal No. 94/1956, a Full Bench of the Bombay High Court decided that any right which may have accrued to obtain a divorce for desertion under the Bombay Hindu Divorce Act, 1947, could not be prosecuted after the repeal of the Act by the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, as such desertion must be continuous until the filing of the suit. After the commencement of the Central Act a suit for divorce could be filed only under that Act. Consequently, divorces granted were illegal. The High Court suggested that as a considerable number of such divorces may have been granted by the Courts erroneously, the State Government should take action to validate them by legislation. This Act gives effect to this suggestion of the High Court. As the Saurashtra Hindu Divorce Act, 1952, follows subsequently the Bombay Act, divorces granted in similar.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionHindu Marriage Act, 1955 Chapter 2
Title: Hindu Marriages
State: Central
Year: 1955
.....section 2, for clause (ii). (w.e.f. 27-5-1976) 2. The words "epilepsy" omitted by Act 39 of 1999. sec. 2 (w.e.f. 29-12-1999) 3. Substituted by Act 2 of 1978, section 6 and Schedule, for "eighteen years" (w.e.f. 1.10.1978.) 4. Substituted by Act 2 of 1978, section 6 and Schedule, for "fifteen years" (w.e.f. 1.10.1978.) 5. Clause (vi) omitted by Act 2 of 1978, section 6 and Schedule, (w.e.f. 1.10.1978.) Section 6 - Guardianship in marriage [Rep. by the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Act, 1978, (2 of 1978), section 6 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1.10.1978)]. Section 7 - Ceremonies for a Hindu marriage (1) A Hindu marriage may be solemnized in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies of either party thereto. (2) Where such rites and ceremonies include the Saptapadi (that is, the taking of seven steps by the bridegroom and the bride jointly before the sacred fire), the marriage becomes complete and binding when the seventh step is taken. Section 8 - Registration of Hindu marriages (1) For the purpose of facilitating the proof of Hindu marriages, the State Government may make rules providing that the parties to any such marriage may have the particulars.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBOMBAY HINDU HEIRS' RELIEF ACT, 1866, (Maharashtra) Preamble 1
Title: THE BOMBAY HINDU HEIRS' RELIEF ACT, 1866
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1866
THE BOMBAY HINDU HEIRS' RELIEF ACT, 1866 [Act No. 7 of1866]1 [31st May, 1866] Repealed in part, by Act12 of1873; Bom.3 of1886. PREAMBLE An Act to limit the liability of a son, grandson or heir of, a deceased Hindu for the debts of his ancestor, And the liability of the second husband of a Hindu widow for the debts of her deceased husband, and otherwise to amend the law of debtor and or editor. Where as according to the law in force, as applied to Hindus by the High. Court of Judicatures at Bombay in the exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction, no son or grandson of a deceased Hindu in liable for the debts of his ancestor merely by reason of his being such son or grandson, and no son, grandson or other heir of deceased Hindu, who has received assets of the deceased, is merely from that circumstance liable for the debts of bin ancestor beyond the amount of the assets received, and no person marrying a Hindu widow is liable in consequence of such marriage for the debts of her former or any prior deceased husband; and whereas a different law is applied to Hindus by the Civil Courts which exercise jurisdiction in places beyond the local limits of the.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionHindu Marriage Act, 1955 Complete Act
Title: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
State: Central
Year: 1955
Preamble1 - HINDU MARRIAGE ACT,1955 Chapter 1 Section1 - Short title and extent Section2 - Application of Act Section3 - Definitions Section4 - Over-riding effect of Act Chapter 2 Section5 - Conditions for a Hindu marriage Section6 - Guardianship in marriage Section7 - Ceremonies for a Hindu marriage Section8 - Registration of Hindu marriages Chapter 3 Section9 - Restitution of conjugal rights Section10 - Judicial separation Chapter 4 Section11 - Void marriages Section12 - Voidable marriages Section13 - Divorce Section13A - Alternate relief in divorce proceedings Section13B - Divorce by mutual consent Section14 - No petition for divorce to be presented within one year of marriage Section15 - Divorced persons when may marry again Section16 - Legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages Section17 - Punishment of bigamy Section18 - Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for a Hindu marriage Chapter 5 Section19 - Court to which petition shall be presented Section20 - Contents and verification of petitions Section21 - Application of Act 5 of 1908 Section21A - Power to transfer petitions in certain cases Section21B - Special provision.....
List Judgments citing this sectionHindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 8
Title: Registration of Hindu Marriages
State: Central
Year: 1955
.....or expedient so to do, provide that the entering of the particulars referred to in sub-section (1) shall be compulsory in the State or in any part thereof, whether in all cases or in such cases as may be specified, and where any such direction has been issued, any person contravening any rule made in this behalf shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees. (3) All rules made under this section shall be laid before the State Legislature, as soon as may be, after they are made. (4) The Hindu Marriage Register shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection, and shall be admissible as evidence of the statements therein contained and certified extracts therefrom shall, on application, be given by the Registrar on payment to him of the prescribed fee. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the validity of any Hindu marriage shall in no way be affected by the omission to make the entry.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionHindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 Complete Act
Title: Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
State: Central
Year: 1956
Preamble1 - HINDU ADOPTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACT, 1956 Chapter I Section1 - Short title and extent Section2 - Application of Act Section3 - Definitions Section4 - Overriding effect of Act Chapter II Section5 - Adoptions to be regulated by this Chapter Section6 - Requisites of a valid adoption Section7 - Capacity of a male Hindu to take in adoption Section8 - Capacity of a female Hindu to take in adoption Section9 - Persons capable of giving in adoption Section10 - Persons who may be adopted Section11 - Other conditions for a valid adoption Section12 - Effects of adoption Section13 - Right of adoptive parents to dispose of their properties Section14 - Determination of adoptive mother in certain cases Section15 - Valid adoption not to be cancelled Section16 - Presumption as to registered documents relating to adoption Section17 - Prohibition of certain payments Chapter III Section18 - Maintenance of wife Section19 - Maintenance of widowed daughter-in-law Section20 - Maintenance of children and aged parents Section21 - Dependants defined Section22 - Maintenance of dependants Section23 - Amount of maintenance Section24 - Claimant to maintenance should be a Hindu.....
List Judgments citing this sectionBanaras Hindu University Act, 1915 Section 20
Title: Dissolution and Transfer of Property of the Hindu University Society
State: Central
Year: 1915
(1) From the commencement of this Act, the Hindu University Society shall be dissolved, and all property, movable and immovable, and all rights, powers, and privileges of the Hindu University Society which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, belonged to, or were vested in, the said Society, shall vest in the University, and shall be applied to the objects and purposes for which the University is incorporated. (2) From the commencement of this Act, all debts and liabilities of the said Society shall be transferred and attached to the University, and shall thereafter be discharged and satisfied by the University. (3) Any will, deed or other document, whether made or executed before or after the commencement of this Act, which contains any bequest, gift or trust in favour of the Central Hindu College or the said Society shall, on the commencement of this Act, be construed as if the University were therein named, instead of the said College or Society
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionHindu Succession Act, 1956 Complete Act
Title: Hindu Succession Act, 1956
State: Central
Year: 1956
Preamble1 - HINDU SUCCESSION ACT, 1956 Chapter I Section1 - Short title and extent Section2 - Application of Act Section3 - Definitions and interpretations Section4 - Over-riding effect of Act Chapter II Section5 - Act not to apply to certain properties Section6 - Devolution of interest of coparcenary property Section7 - Devolution of interest in the property of a tarwad, tavazhi, kutumba, kavaru or illom Section8 - General rules of succession in the case of males Section9 - Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule Section10 - Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule Section11 - Distribution of property among heirs in class II of the Schedule Section12 - Order of succession among agnates and cognates Section13 - Computation of degrees Section14 - Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute Property Section15 - General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus Section16 - Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu Section17 - Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and aliyasantana laws Section18 - Full blood preferred to half blood Section19 - Mode of succession of.....
List Judgments citing this sectionHindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997 Preamble 1
Title: Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997
State: Karnataka
Year: 1997
THE HINDU RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND CHARITABLE ENDOWMENTS ACT, 1997 [Act, No. 33 of 2001]1 [25th October, 2001] PREAMBLE An Act to make better provision for the management and administration of The Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments in the State of Karnataka. Whereas it is expedient to make better provision for the management and administration of Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments in the State of Karnataka. Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the forty-eighth year of the Republic of India, as follows:- ________________________ 1. (First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the second day of November 2001)
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionHindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997 Complete Act
Title: Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997
State: Karnataka
Year: 1997
.....to a Notified Institution or Declared Institution Section 62 - Alienation of Immoveable Property Chapter X Section 63 - Revisional Powers of Commissioner Section 64 - Computation of Limitation Section 65 - Civil Procedure Code to apply to Proceedings under the Act Section 66 - Officers holding enquiries to have powers of Civil Court Section 67 - All enquiries to be Judicial Proceedings Section 68 - Bar of Jurisdiction Chapter XI Section 69 - Removal of Discrimination in the distribution of Prasada or Theertha Section 70 - Commissioner, and other Officers to be Public Servants Section 71 - Costs and expenses incurred on legal proceedings by the Commissioner, etc. Section 72 - Costs of proceedings before Courts Section 73 - Costs of proceedings before the Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner Section 74 - Court fees Section 75 - Immunity from suits and proceedings. Section 76 - Power to make Rules Section 77 - Power to remove difficulties Section 78 - Repeal and Savings Section 79 - Amendment of Karnataka Act 32 of 1974
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