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Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Section 39

Title: Alimony Pendente Lite

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....for the purpose, order that the husband shall [Ins by Act 14 of 1940, Section 2.] [while the wife remains chaste and unmarried], (a) to the satisfaction of the Court, secure to the wife [The words " while she remains chaste and unmarried " omitted by Act 14 of 1940, Section 2.] such gross sum or such monthly or periodical payment of money for a term not exceeding her life as, having regard to her own property, if any, her husband's ability and the conduct of the parties, shall be deemed just, and for that purpose may require a proper instrument to be executed by all necessary parties and suspend the pronouncing of its decree until such instruments shall have been duly executed, or (b) make such monthly payments to the wife for her maintenance and support as the Court may think reasonable. (2) In case any such order shall not be obeyed by her husband it may be enforced in the manner provided for the execution of decrees and orders under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, (5 of 1908) and further the husband may be sued by any person supplying the wife with necessaries during the time of such disobedience for the price of such necessaries. (3) The Court, if satisfied that.....

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Part IV

Title: Matrimonial Suits

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....habitually so up to the date of the suit: Provided that divorce shall not be granted on this ground, unless the plaintiff (1) was ignorant of the fact at the time of the marriage, and (2) has filed the suit within three years from the date of the marriage; 1[(bb) that the defendant has been incurably of unsound mind for a period of two years or upwards immediately preceding the filling of the suit or has been suffering continuously or intermittently from mental disorder of such kind and to such an extent that the plaintiff cannot reasonably be expected to live with the different. Explanation.-- In this clause, -- (a) the expression "mental disorder" means mental illness, arrested or incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder or any other disorder or disability of mind and includes schizophrenia; (b) the expression "psychopathic disorder' means a persistent disorder or disability of mind (whether or not including subnormality of intelligence) which results in abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct on the part of the defendant, and whether or not it requires or is susceptible to medical treatment;] (c) that the defendant was at the time of.....

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....17: FORMAL IRREGULARITY NOT TO INVALIDATE MARRIAGE No marriage contracted under this Act shall be deemed to be invalid solely by reason of the fact that it was not certified under section 6, or that the certificate was not sent to the Registrar, or that the certificate was defective, irregular or incorrect. "Clause 17.- This new clause lays down general principles on which most discreet Judges would act and have acted." CHAPTER III- PARSI MATRIMONIAL COURTS SECTION 18: CONSTITUTION OF SPECIAL COURTS UNDER THE ACT For the purpose of hearing suits under this Act, a special Court shall be constituted in each of the Presidency-towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, and in such other places in the territories of the several[State Governments] as such Governments respectively shall think fit. SECTION 19: PARSI CHIEF MATRIMONIAL COURTS The Court so constituted in each of the Presidency towns shall be entitled the Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court of Calcutta, Madras or Bombay, as the case may be. The local limits of the jurisdiction of a Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court shall be conterminous with the local limits of the ordinary original civil jurisdiction of the High Court. The.....

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Part III

Title: Parsi Matrimonial

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....practitioners entitled to practice in a District Court shall be entitled to practice in any Parsi District Matrimonial Court constituted under this Act. Section 29 - Court in which suits to be brought (1) All suits instituted under this Act shall be brought in the Court within the limits of whose jurisdiction the defendant resides at the time of the institution of the suit. (2) When the defendant shall at such time have left [Subs.by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Schedule, for "Part A States and Part C States".] [the territories to which this Act extends] such suit shall be brought in the Court at the place where the plaintiff and defendant last resided together1[or where the marriage under this Act was solemnized] (3) In any case, whether the defendant resides in [Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Schedule, for "Part A States and Part C States".] [the territories to which this Act extends] or not, such suit may be brought in the Court at the place where the plaintiff resides or at the place where the plaintiff and the defendant last resided together, if such Court, after recording its reasons in writing, grants leave so to do. ________________________ 1. Inserted.....

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 Amending Act 1

Title: Parsi Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, 1988

State: Central

Year: 1936

.....Gazette, appoint. 2. Amendment of section 3- In the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), section 3 shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and -- (a) in sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :-- "(c) in the case of any Parsi (whether such Parsi has changed his or her religion or domicile or not) who, if a male, has not completed twenty-one years of age, fund if a female, has not completed eighteen years of age."; (b) after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely :-- "(2) Notwithstanding that a marriage is invalid under any of the provisions of sub-section (1), any child of such marriage who would have been legitimate if the marriage had been valid, shall be legitimate.". 3. Amendment of section 6- In section 6 of the principal Act, the words ", or their fathers or guardians when they shall not have completed the age of twenty-one years," shall be omitted. 4. Amendment of sections 19 and 20- In sections 19 and 20 of the principal Act, for the words "by seven delegates", the following.....

Delhi Administration Act, 1966 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1966

.....between the Administration and the Government of India or the Government of a State, no question shall be asked except as to matters of fact and the answer shall be confined to a statement of fact. Rule44 Chairman to decide admissibility of question (1) The Chairman shall decide whether a question or part thereof is or is not admissible under these rules or any rules made under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 24 and may disallow any question or a part thereof when in his opinion it is an abuse of the righi of questioning or calculated to obstruct or prejudicially affect the procedure of the Council or is in contravention of the said rules. (2) Subject to the provisions of rule 39, the Chairman may direct that a question be placed on the list of questions for answer, on a date later than that specified by a member in his notice, if he is of the opinion that a longer period is necessary to decide whether the question is or is not admissible. Rule45 Chairman to decide if a question is to be treated as starred or unstarred If in the opinion of the Chairman any question put down for oral answer is of such a nature that a written reply would be.....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Chapter 5

Title: Jurisdiction and Procedure

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....Contents and verification of petitions (1) Every petition presented under this Act shall state as distinctly as the nature of the case permits the facts on which the claim to relief is founded1[and, except in a petition under section 11, shall also state] that there is no collusion between the petitioner and the other party to the marriage. (2) The statements contained in every petition under this Act shall be verified by the petitioner or some other competent person in the manner required by law for the verification of plaints, and may, at the hearing, be referred to as evidence. __________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, section 13, for "and shall also state" (w.e.f. 27-5-1976). Section 21 - Application of Act 5 of 1908 Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act and to such rules as the High Court may make in this behalf, all proceedings under this Act shall be regulated, as far as may be, by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. Section 21A - Power to transfer petitions in certain cases 1[21A. Power to transfer petitions in certain cases (1) Where- (a) a petition under this Act has been presented to a district court having.....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 24

Title: Maintenance Pendente Lite and Expenses of Proceedings

State: Central

Year: 1955

Where in any proceeding under this Act it appears to the court that either the wife or the husband, as the case may be, has no independent income sufficient for her or his support and the necessary expenses of the proceeding, it may, on the application of the wife or the husband, order the respondent to pay to the petitioner the expenses of the proceeding, and monthly during the proceeding such sum as, having regard to the petitioner's own income and the income of the respondent, it may seem to the court to be reasonable. 1 ["Provided that the application for the payment of the expenses of the proceeding and such monthly sum during the proceeding, shall, as far as possible, be disposed of within sixty days from the date of service of notice on the wife or the husband, as the case may be.".] ___________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 49 of 2001, Section 8 (w.e.f. 24-09-2001).

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 97 to 106

Title: Resistance of Delivery of Possession to Decree-holder or Purchaser

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....or objection made under rule 58.] 3[106. Setting aside orders passed ex parte, etc. (1) The applicant, against whom an order is made under sub-rule (2) rule 105 or the opposite party against whom an order is passed ex parte under sub-rule (3) of that rule or under sub-rule (1) of rule 23, may apply to the Court to set aside the order, and if he satisfies the Court that there was sufficient cause for his non-appearance whom the application was called on for hearing, the Court shall set aside the order or such terms as to costs, or otherwise as it thinks fit, and shall appoint a day for the further hearing of the application. (2) No order shall be made on an application under sub-rule (1) unless notice of the application has been served on the other party. (3) An application under sub-rule (1) shall be made within thirty days from the date of the order, or where, in the case of an ex parte order, the notice was not duly served, within thirty days from the date when applicant had knowledge of the order.] __________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section 72(xxxiii), for sub-rule (2) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 2. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section.....

Administrators-general Act, 1963 Chapter III

Title: Rights, Powers and Duties of the Administrator-general

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....who has not been personally served with a citation or who has not had notice thereof in time to appear pursuant thereto, establishes to the satisfaction of the High Court a claim to probate of will or to letters of administration in preference to the Administrator-General, any letters of administration granted in accordance with the provisions of this Act to the Administrator-General (a) shall be revoked, if a will of the deceased is proved in the State; (b) may be revoked, in other cases, if an application for that purpose is made within six months after the grant to the Administrator-General and the High Court is satisfied that there has been no unreasonable delay in making the application, or in transmitting the authority under which the application is made; and probate or letters of administration may be granted to such executor or next-of-kin as the case may be. Section 15 - Cost of obtaining administration, etc., may, on revocation, be ordered to be paid to Administrator-General out of estate If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, the High Court may order the costs of.....