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Abdul Azeez Vs. Pathumma Bi

Court : Chennai

Subject : FamilyCivil

Acts : Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) , 1908 - Order 32, Rule 1; Majority Act, 1875 - Sections 2

Reported in : AIR1952Mad754; (1952)1MLJ463

will be no order as to costs here and in the court below. Indian Majority Act (IX of 1875), Section 2 (a)--Scope of --Code of Civil Procedure (Act V of 1908), Order XXXII, Rule 1-Muslim woman--Minor under the Indian … arises for consideration in this civil revision petition is whether the plaintiff, who is a minor under the Indian Majority Act but who is a major according to her personal law, is entitled to bring a suit for dissolution … who (although a major according to the personal law of the lady) is still a minor under the Majority Act, 1875 is not competent to relinquish the whole or part of her dower to change its character". The Bench

Ganesh Ram Vs. State of Jharkhand and ors.

Court : Jharkhand

Subject : Service

Acts : Bihar Reorganization Act, 2000 - Sections 84 and 85; Minimum Wages Act, 1948 - Sections 2, 3 and 3(3); Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 - Sections 2 and 3; Indian Majority Act, 1875; Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 - Sections 79; Bihar Pension Rules, 1950 - Rule 57; Bihar Financial Rules; Bihar Service Code, 1952 - Rule 73; Bihar Junior Civil Services (Recruitment) Rules, 1951; Bihar Civil Services (Judicial Branch) Rules, 1955; Bihar Municipal Officers and Staff (Appointment, Duties, Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1955 - Rule 4

Reported in : [2006(110)FLR156]; [2006(2)JCR489(Jhr)]

employment of 'adolescent' i.e., those who have completed their fourteenth year but are below eighteenth year of age.The Indian Majority Act, 1875 does not impose any prohibition of employment of a minor in the services of the State, Civil Body/Government … Work etc. are guided by the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. The definition of 'employee', as laid down under Section 2(i) of the Act, means any person, who is employed for hire or reward or to do any work,

Lakhwinder Singh Vs. Miss Paramjit Kaur

Court : Punjab and Haryana

Subject : ContractProperty

Acts : Transfer of Property Act, 1882 - Sections 5 and 7; Indian Majority Act, 1875; Contract Act, 1875 - Sections 2, 10 and 11; Guardian and Wards Act, 1890

Reported in : AIR2004P& H6; (2003)135PLR837

No. 1 would not be a person competent in law to contract. According to the provisions of the Indian Majority Act, 1875 every minor before joining the age of 18 years has to be looked after by his guardian and … attorney was executed was less than 18 years. Once it has been established as a fact then under Section 2, 10 and 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, plaintiff-respondent No. 1 would not be a person competent

Rajasekhar Vs. Siddalingappa

Court : Karnataka

Subject : Civil

Acts : Indian Majority Act, 1875 - Sections 3; Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 - Sections 6, 8, 8(3) and 11; Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) , Order 40

Reported in : ILR1986KAR2765

would in law, attain majority after completing the age of 21 years as per Section 3 of the Indian Majority Act, 1875.17. Though it is seen that some dispute has been raised in regard to the date of birth of … lays down that any disposal of immoveable property by a natural guardian, in contravention of Subsection (1) or Sub-section (2) is voidable at the instance of the minor or any person claiming under him. When Section 8 does

Priyesh Vasudevan Vs. Shameena

Court : Kerala

Subject : Service

Acts : Kerala Education Act; ;Kerala Education Rules, 1959 - Rules 51A and 51B; ;Indian Majority Act, 1875 - Sections 3 and 4; ;Limitation Act, 1963 - Sections 6, 7 and 8; ;Limitation Act, 1908; ;Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Sections 20; ;Indian Succession Act, 1925 - Sections 2, 7 and 112; ;Transfer of Property Act - Sections 13 and 20; ;Land Reforms Act - Sections 82; ;Kerala Service Act - Sections 4 and 5; ;Kerala Service Rules - Rules 60, 67 and 71; ;Indian Penal Code (IPC) - Sections 187 and 312 to 316; ;Constitution of India - Articles 14 and 16; ;Hindu Law; ;Civil Law

Reported in : 2005(4)KLT1003

1925, 'minor' is defined under Section 2(e), which reads as follows:'(e) 'minor' means any person subject to the Indian Majority Act, 1875, who has not attained his majority within the meaning of that Act, and any other person who has

Gulam Mustafa Vs. Tahara Begum and anr.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Subject : Criminal

Reported in : 1980CriLJ124

C.P.C. means a person who has not attained his majority within the meaning of Section 3 of the Indian Majority Act, 1875, where the suit relates to any of the matters mentioned in Clauses (a) and (b) of Section 2

Abi Dhunimsa Bibi Vs. Mahammad Fathi UddIn and anr.

Court : Chennai

Subject : Family

Reported in : (1918)ILR41Mad1026

laws of Hindus and of Muhammadans. If this question is not complicated by the exception contained in the Indian Majority Act to which we shall presently refer, there could be no doubt that the renunciation of the dower by … Dower, relinquishment of, by a Muhammadan woman of the age of 15, whether valid--Indian, Majority Act (IX of 1875), Section 2--'Act in the matter of dower,' meaning of--Indian Contract Act, Section 11. - - The learned District Judge

Vishal Nilesh Mandlewala Vs. Justice R.J. Shah (Retd.) Admission Commi ...

Court : Gujarat

Subject : Constitution

Acts : Income Tax Act, 1961; Indian Majority Act, 1875 - Sections 3; Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 - Sections 4(1), 4(2), 4(3) and 19; Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1959 - Sections 2, 4 and 6

Reported in : (2007)2GLR1764

Regulation cannot be read so as to laying down a position contrary to the statutory law.17. Under the Indian Majority Act, 1875, Section 3 provides for age of majority of persons domiciled in India. The provision stipulates that every minor of … the person of the minor.20. The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1959 (The Hindu Minority Act) states vide Section 2 that the provisions of Hindu Minority Act shall be in addition to, and not, save as hereinafter as

Mohideen Ibrahim Nachi Vs. L. Mahomed Ibrahim Sahib by Agent, L.M.E. L ...

Court : Chennai

Subject : Family

Reported in : (1916)ILR39Mad608

of the person of his son after the boy attained 16 years of age, the passing of the Indian Majority Act of 1875 (section 3) by continuing the minority of the boy till he completed the eighteenth year of … as the mother was not in custody of the child when she was appointed guardian of the person, Section 2 which mentions 'Order for return to her custody ' cannot confer jurisdiction on the Court to pass an

Eerati Laxman Vs. State of A.P.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 - Sections 3; General Clauses Act, 1897 - Sections 3(35), 3(66) and 20; Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 - Sections 2 and 20; Indian Majority Act, 1875 - Sections 3; Family Law Reform Act, 1969; Indian Penal Code (IPC) - Sections 302

Reported in : AIR2009SC1816; 2009CriLJ1727; RLW2009(2)SC2221; 2009(1)SCALE41; (2009)3SCC337

not mean that the principle of literal interpretation thereof should not be resorted to.8. Section 3 of the Indian Majority Act, 1875 provides for age of majority of persons domiciled in India and the criteria for computation of age of … any court, the determination of juvenility of such a juvenile shall be in terms of Clause (1) of Section 2, even if the juvenile ceases to be so on or before the date of commencement of this Act