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High Court at Patna (Establishment of Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act, 1976 Preamble 1

Title: High Court at Patna (Establishment of Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act, 1976

State: Central

Year: 1976

HIGH COURT AT PATNA (ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT BENCH AT RANCHI) ACT, 1976 [Act, No.57 of 1976] [8th April, 1976] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the establishment of a permanent bench of the High Court at Patna at Ranchi. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows.

High Court at Patna (Establishment of Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act, 1976 Complete Act

Title: High Court at Patna (Establishment of Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act, 1976

State: Central

Year: 1976

Preamble1 - High Court At Patna (Establishment of Permanent Bench At Ranchi) Act, 1976 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Establishment of a permanent bench of High Court at Patna at Ranchi

High Court at Patna (Establishment of Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act, 1976 Section 2

Title: Establishment of a Permanent Bench of High Court at Patna at Ranchi

State: Central

Year: 1976

There shall be established a permanent bench of the High Court at Patna at Ranchi, and such Judges of the High Court at Patna, being not less than three in number, as the Chief Justice of that High Court may, from time to time, nominate, shall sit at Ranchi in order to exercise the jurisdiction and power for the time being vested in that High Court in respect of cases arising in the districts of Hazaribagh, Giridih, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Palamau and Singhbhum: PROVIDED that the Chief Justice of that High Court may, in his discretion, order that any case or class of cases arising in any such district shall be heard at Patna

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 54

Title: Division of Property Where Intestate Leaves No Lineal Descendant but Leaves a Widow or Widower of Any Lineal Descendant

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....among the relatives of the intestate in the order specified in Part 1 of Schedule II; and the next-of-kin standing first in PartI of that Scheduleshall be preferredto those standing second, the second to the third and so on in succession,provided that the property shallbe so distributed that each male and female standing in the same degree ofpropinquity shall receive equal shares; (e) if there are no relatives entitled to the residue underclause (d), the whole of the residue shall be distributed in proportion to the shares specified among the persons entitled to receive shares under this section.] ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 1991, section 4.

HINDU WIDOW'S REMARRIAGE ACT, 1856 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1856

HINDU WIDOW'S RE-MARRIAGE ACT, 1856 HINDU WIDOW'S RE-MARRIAGE ACT, 1856 An Act to remove all legal obstacles to the Marriage of Hindu Widows Whereas it is known that, by the law as administered in the Civil Courts established in the territories in the possession and under the Government of the East India Company, Hindu widows with certain exceptions are held to be, by reason of their having been once married, incapable of contracting a second valid marriage and the offspring of such widows by any second marriage are held to be illegitimate and incapable of inheriting property; and whereas many Hindus believe that this imputed legal incapacity, although it is in accordance with established custom, is not in accordance with a true interpretation of the precepts of their religion, and desire that the civil law administered by the Courts of Justice shall no longer prevent those Hindus who maybe so minded from adopting a different custom, in accordance with the dictates of their own conscience; and whereas it is just to relieve all such Hindus from this legal incapacity of which they complain, and the removal of all legal obstacles to the marriage of Hindu widows will tend.....

Bengal Orphanages and Widows Homes Act, 1944 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1944

.....; (7) "widows' home" means an institution, by whatever name it may be called, where widows or females of any age are kept or intended to be kept. Section 3 Act not to apply to certain institutions Nothing in this Act shall apply to (a), a reformatory school, an industrial school or an auxiliary home established or certified by the [State] Government under the Bengal Children Act, 1922; (b) any institution recognised as a place of suitable custody under sub-section (1) of section 28 of the Bengal Children Act, 1922. or under any rule made under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 27 of the Bengal Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act., 1933; of (c) any orphanage or widows' home established and maintained by the [State] Government. Section 4 Prohibition to open or to carry on an orphanage, a widows' home or a marriage bureau without a licence No person shall without, or otherwise than in conformity with the conditions of, a licence granted under this Act in the prescribed form open or carry on an orphanage, a widows' home or a marriage bureau : Provided that a person carrying on any such institution at the commencement of this Act shall be allowed a period of six months.....

INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 51

Title: Division of intestate's property among widow, widower, children and parents

State: Central

Year: 1925

Section 51 - Division of intestate's property among widow, widower, children and parents 1 [51. Division of intestate'sproperty among widow, widower, children and parents (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), theproperty of which a Parsi dies intestate shall be divided,- (a) where such Parsi dies leaving a widow or widower andchildren, among the widow or widower, and children so that the widow or widowerand each child receive equal shares; (b) where such Parsi dies leaving children, but no widow orwidower, among the children in equal shares. (2) Where a Parsi dies leaving oneor both parents in addition to children or widow or widower and children, theproperty of which such Parsi dies intestate shall be so divided that the parent or each of the parents shall receive a shareequal to half the share of each child.] ___________________ 1. Substituted byAct 51 of 1991, section 3, for sections 51 and 52.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 33

Title: Where Intestate Has Left Widow and Lineal Descendants, or Widow and Kindred Only, or Widow and No Kindred

State: Central

Year: 1925

Section 33 - Where intestate has left widow and lineal descendants, or widow and kindred only, or widow and no kindred Where the intestate has left a widow- (a) if he has also left any lineal descendants, one-thirds of his property shall belong to his widow, and the remaining two-thirds shall go to his lineal descendants, according to the rules hereinafter contained; (b) 1 [save as provided by section 33A] if he has left no lineal descendant, but has left persons who are of kindred to him, one-half of his property shall belong to his widow, and the other half shall go to those who are kindred to him, in the order and according to the rules hereinafter contained; (c) if he has left none who are of kindred to him, the whole of his property shall belong to his widow. ___________________ 1. Inserted by Act 40 of 1926, section 2.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 55

Title: Division of Property Where Intestate Leaves Neither Lineal Descendants nor a Widow or Widower nor a Widow of Any Lineal Descendant

State: Central

Year: 1925

Section 55 - Division of property where intestate leaves neither lineal descendants nor a widow or widower nor a widow of any lineal descendant When a Parsi dies leaving neither lineal descendants nor awidow or widower nor 1 [awidow or widower of any lineal descendant], his or her next-of-kin, in the order set forth in Part II of Schedule II, shall be entitled to succeed to the whole of the property ofwhich he or she dies intestate. The next-of-kinstanding first in Part II of that Schedule shall be preferred to those standing second, the second to thethird, and so on in succession, provided that the property shall be so distributed that 1 [each male and female standing inthe same degree of propinquity shallreceive equal shares]. ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 1991, section 5.

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 Chapter 2

Title: Establishment of Tribunals and Benches Thereof

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....(3) (w.r.e.f. 22-1-1986). 7. Substituted by Act 19 of 1986, section 7, for "The Chairman" (w.r.e.f. 22-1-1986). 8. Subs-section (7) Inserted by Act 19 of 1986, section 7 (w.r.e.f. 22-1-1986) and Substituted by Act 51 of 1987, section 3 (w.e.f. 22-12-1987). 9. Substituted a new section for the following by the Administrative Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 2006 w.e.f. 19.02.2007. "(I) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Chairman unless he- (a) is, or has been, a Judge of a High Court; or (b) has, for at least two years, held the office of Vice-Chairman;1[***] 2[***] (2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Vice-Chairman unless he- 3[(a) is, or has been, or is qualified to be, a Judge of a High Court; or] (b) has, for at least two years, held the post of a Secretary to the Government of India or any other post under the Central or a State Government carrying a scale of pay which is not less than that of a Secretary to the Government of India; or 4[(bb) has, for at least five years, held the post of an Additional Secretary to the Government of India or any other post under the Central or a State Government carrying a scale of pay.....