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Fraudulent Marriage Registrations And Involvement Of Public Notaries

Fraudulent Marriage Registrations And Involvement Of Public Notaries

Recently, cases of fake marriage registration have come out in the Godhra district of Gujarat. The village panchayat secretary of Bhadrala village has registered hundreds of fake marriages within a month. After a proper investigation, it came out that within 6 months he had registered 550 fake marriages in the village. Even the people from …

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What Recent Measures Did The Himachal Assembly Approve Regarding The Age Of Marriage For Females?

What Recent Measures Did The Himachal Assembly Approve Regarding The Age Of Marriage For Females?

On Tuesday, the Himachal Pradesh Assembly approved a bill that would increase women’s marriage age from 18 to 21. On the first day of the two-week monsoon session, the House passed the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Himachal Pradesh Amendment Bill 2024) by voice vote. The Health, Social Justice, and Empowerment Minister Dhani Ram Shandil introduced …

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Corporate Governance Reforms and SEBI Regulations

Corporate Governance Reforms and SEBI Regulations

A vital component of business performance and long-term expansion is corporate governance. It is essential to improving organizational accountability, transparency, and ethical standards of behavior. It also safeguards the interests of many stakeholders and ensures that corporate operations are sustainable. For corporations to change their behavior and maintain good corporate governance principles, adherence to legal, …

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Women Can Also Be Charged Under the POCSO Act, Not Just Men

Women Can Also Be Charged Under the POCSO Act, Not Just Men

The POCSO Act defines various types of sexual offenses. Penetrative sexual assault, aggravated penetrative sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault etc. Here, the offense of sexual assault or penetrative sexual assault will be convert into an aggravated form in certain conditions like if done by a person in a fiduciary relationship, commit …

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The ‘Anti-Conversion’ Law In Uttar Pradesh Infringes On Fundamental Rights

The 'Anti-Conversion' Law In Uttar Pradesh Infringes On Fundamental Rights

The state of Uttarakhand in 2018 introduced the law for providing freedom of religion in the instances of forced religious conversion, conversion by fraud, misrepresentation, coercion, etc. In 2020, the UP government also enacted an ordinance with similar restrictions punishing unlawful conversions for the purpose of marriage. Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion …

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