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..... identity .................................................................. 91 d. who is an indian and what practices are indian?. .................................. 95 iii. understanding the institution of marriage ........................................... 95 a. there is no universal conception of marriage ........................................ 95 b. the conception of marriage is not static .............................................. 100 i. sati ................................................................................................... 101 ii. widow remarriage ............................................................................ 101 iii. child marriage ..... thali is necessary in south india among many hindu communities; and in some parts the exchange of rings, garlands and some rituals is necessary in north india. many hindu marriage customs and traditions insist on the saptapadi; amongst muslims, the nikah ceremony, witnessed by invitees, and other customary rituals .....
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..... october 2017, 8 thereby providing to refund/reimburse the central share of cgst and igst to the affected eligible industrial units for the residual period in the north eastern and the himalayan states. the central share was determined at 58% of cgst and 29% of igst. 6.10 being aggrieved by the decision of the ..... of exemptions from the gst. it also has power to make recommendations with regard to special provisions governing north eastern and himalayan states. taking into consideration that the units like the appellants have been established in the himalayan and north-eastern states based on the said o.m. of 2003 and that lakhs of persons are employed in ..... , u.p. allahabad v. ram kumar [(1976) 3 scc540:1976. scc (tax) 360 : air1976sc2237 ). [emphasis supplied].42. it is thus clear that the bihar eastern gangetic fishermen co-operative society ltd. (supra) is also an authority to hold that there cannot be any estoppel against the government in the exercise of its sovereign, legislative and .....
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..... only a third had firm plans: j ermisch, personal relationships and marriage expectations (2000) working papers of the institute of social and economic research: paper 2000-27, university of essex. cohabitation is much more likely to end in separation than is marriage, and cohabitations which end in separation tend to last for a shorter time than marriages which ..... it be said that the problem would be solved in much the same way both north and south of the border? i think that it can. the law of property in scotland is, of course, different and so also are scots family law and ..... how the problem would be addressed in scotland: had the dwelling which the parties purchased in joint names in 1993 been situated in, say, eyemouth - a few miles north of berwick-upon-tweed. the social problems under which cohabiting couples live together in england and wales are, in general, no different from those that exist in scotland. can .....
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..... in the netherlands (2001) and belgium (2003) and spain (2005) and for registered cohabitation and marriage luxembourg (2004). italy, greece and a number of the new eastern european and baltic democracies still appear to stand on one side, but the picture is overall one of radical change since the beginning of 2001. outside europe, the list ..... v london borough of lambeth [2003] ewhc 2479 (admin), paras 21-22, per mitting j ('it overstates the effect of the strasbourg case law') and r (douglas) v north tyneside metropolitan borough council [2004] 1 wlr 2363, paras 53-54, per scott baker lj." 60. it was not an issue which this house had to resolve in ghaidan ..... civil partnership registration scheme was initiated, supported by the women and equality unit of the department of trade and industry. in january 2002 lord lester of herne hill introduced a civil partnerships bill in the house of lords but withdrew it on 11 february 2002 to allow completion of the cross-departmental review. at the .....
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..... of article 1. the reference in para [59] to extraterritorial jurisdiction as "including nationality, flag, diplomatic and consular relations, effect, protection, passive personality and universality" is a mixture of two entirely different concepts of extra-territoriality. the first ("nationality, flag, diplomatic and consular relations") reflects the fiction of the extra-territoriality ..... bear in mind too the rigour with which the court applies the convention, well exemplified by the series of cases from the conflict zone of south eastern turkey in which, the state's difficulties notwithstanding, no dilution has been permitted of the investigative obligations arising under articles 2 and 3. 129. ..... obligation under article 2". i further agree with lord phillips that in practice the only real difference between a jamieson inquest (r v coroner for north humberside and scunthorpe, ex p jamieson [1995] qb 1) and a middleton inquest is likely to be with regard to its verdict and findings, .....
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..... is necessary. nor it is necessary to prove the actual words of communication. the evidence as to transmission of thoughts sharing the unlawful design may be sufficient. gerald orchard of university of canterbury, new zealand explains the limited nature of this proposition : 'although it is not in doubt that the offence requires some physical manifestation of agreement, it is important to ..... the accused. p.w. 7 has stated in his evidence that at about 6.50 a.m. to 7.00 a.m., one constable met him near the gate of university. he has stated that on 3/11/2007, in his presence, pi suryawanshi asked accused no.1 his name and address and he also asked him as to what he .....
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..... other. the d.g. reported that the bidders had agreed for allocation of territories, e.g., the bidders who quoted the bids for western india had not generally quoted for eastern india and that largely the bidders who quoted the lowest in the group in northern india, had not quoted generally in southern india. the d.g. also concluded that this ..... lunch are concerned, both were hosted by individual members. in the case of the dinner meeting on 1st march, 2010, it was hosted by mr. c.p. bhartiya, md of north india wires. the lunch on 2nd march, 2010 was hosted by mr. santosh bhartiya of haldia precision. it is not as if that the association paid or the expenses were ..... rates or near to identical rates in a particular pattern in almost all the states. c. there was a common pattern for quotation depending upon the state. in case of north east the rates were highest, quoted at rs. 1240 whereas in case of others rates were rs.1100, rs.1127 and rs.1151. d. it was found that only for .....
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..... with respect to the granting of the plaintiffs' prayer for declaratory relief. our decisions in mitchell v. donovan, 398 u. s. 427 (1970), and gunn v. university committee, 399 u. s. 383 (1970), are to the effect that 1253 does not authorize an appeal to this court from the grant or denial of declaratory relief alone ..... family planning 5, 7 (1970); tietze, mortality with contraception and induced abortion, 45 studies in family planning 6 (1969) (japan, czechoslovakia, hungary); tietze lehfeldt, legal abortion in eastern europe, 175 j.a.m.a. 1149, 1152 (april 1961). other sources are discussed in lader 17-23. [ footnote 45 ] see brief of amicus national right to life ..... , and the texas and the georgia statutes on their face take no cognizance of the father. we are aware that some statutes recognize the father under certain circumstances. north carolina, for example, n.c.gen.stat. 14-45.1 (supp. 1971), requires written permission for the abortion from the husband when the woman is a married .....
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..... couples, from being eligible to adopt, regardless of the merits of the individual case (my emphasis). 28. the same view was expressed by dr ursula kilkelly of the university of cork, author of the child and the european convention on human rights (1999), who was commissioned by the northern ireland department of health and social services and ..... and opposite sex, as this could make a contribution to extending the pool of adoptive families and because it was in favour of the law being substantially similar north and south of the border: paras 3.32-3.43. in its response which was also presented in june 2005, secure and safe homes for our most vulnerable ..... the best interests of the child. as mr lavery put in his written case for the child, where children are involved in any matter their rights are almost universally recognised as paramount. the aim sought to be realised in regulating eligibility for adoption is how best to safeguard the interests of the child. eligibility simply opens the .....
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..... lifestyle. they relied particularly on g and e v norway (1983) 35 dr 30, which concerned lapps working as reindeer shepherds, fishermen and hunters living and working in the far north of norway, and buckley v united kingdom (1996) 23 ehrr 101 and chapman v united kingdom (2001) 33 ehrr 399 which concerned gipsies seeking to live in their caravans. 13 ..... the population generally. but they are a minority in numerical terms only. they are not part of a recognised ethnic or national group such as the saami people in the north of norway to whose traditional activities article 8 extends its protection: g and e v norway (1983) 35 dr 30. so it is not applicable on that ground in this .....
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