Category: Family Members

Discipline is defined as the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour, using punishment to correct disobedience. If any institution be it family, school, college, or workplace wants to function properly; discipline is to be maintained within it. For example, discipline in a family means that the members of the family follow a certain pattern in what they do like getting up going to bed on time, having their meals on time, etc which replicates a specific routine in life.Discipline in a school and college means that the students should reach there on time, greet the teachers whenever they meet them, maintain silence wherever and whenever required like in a library, or attend all the functions held in the school and college etc. Discipline in…

Drug addiction also known as substance dependence can be defined as a drug users compulsive need so that he or she can function normally. When such substances are not available to the addict he or she is said to be suffering from substance withdrawal.Drug addiction has emerged as one of the major social problem in most of the developed and developing countries and undoubtedly proves to be a major hindrance in the proper growth and development of the an individual, society, nation and the world as a whole. ADVERTISEMENTS: India is a developing country and it already poses other major problems such as poverty, unemployment and illiteracy; the problem of drug addiction is like a cherry on the cake of these problems.Some drug addicts can afford purchasing expensive drugs but…

Childhood is the first stage of life. A family is a place where the child is first born. So parents and other family members are actually responsible in shaping a child’s future and also in making the childhood of a child memorable.The most important thing which makes childhood memorable is love and care of the family and family members. A child has the purest heart any human being can possess and all that heart desires is love; no matter what the circumstances are. Any person who claims that he or she had an amazing childhood has witnessed sufficient amount of love, care and affection from their family members.The memories of childhood have their own place in any individual’s heart. As one grows up, one feels more and more attached with…

Family: A simple small but important word for each human being. It is said that human species is alive in this world because they are living in a family or community or a group. This is what distinguishes a man from an animal. However there are few animals that enjoy living in a group.But human is the only one who can think along with living. A simple meaning of family is feelings. If you are living with group in one house then it can not be called as family. It can be called as a community or a simple group. But if you are living in a group in which you share your happiness, sorrow and plenty of other things without any hitch then it can be called as family.There…

General provisions relating to succession:Section 18 to 29 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 lay down general rules of succession. These may be enumerated as follows: Image Source: richardsesq.files.wordpress.com ADVERTISEMENTS: 1. Full blood heirs to be preferred to half blood heirs:Section 18 lays down that heirs related to the propositus by full blood shall be preferred to heirs related by half blood, if the nature of the relationship is the same in every other respect.Section 18 of the Hindu Succession Act is nothing but a sub­stantial reproduction of the prevalent rule of Hindu Law under which relations of the whole blood were preferred to those of the half blood. If their degree or relationship to the deceased was the same, Section 18 provides for a preference of one category of…

The 13 General Principles of Inheritance under Muslim Law are mentioned below: (1) Nature of the Heritable Property: Heritable property is that property which is available to the legal heirs for inheritance. After the death of a Muslim, his properties are utilised for the payment of funeral expenses, debts and the legacies i.e. wills, if any. After these payments, the remaining property is called heritable property. Under Muslim law, every kind of property may be a heritable property. Image Source: drdivaphd.files.wordpress.com ADVERTISEMENTS: For purposes of inheritance, Muslim law does not make any distinction between corpus and usufruct or, between movable and immovable, or, corporeal and incorporeal property. Under English law, there is some difference in the inheritance of movable and immovable property.But, under Muslim law there is no such distinction;…

Legal Provisions of Section 494 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife:Marrying again during the lifetime of husband or wife, that is to say, bigamy, has been made a punishable offence under this section. The section says that whoever, having a husband or wife living marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term extending up to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. Image Source: s1.ibtimes.com ADVERTISEMENTS: The section contemplates that the offender’s husband or wife, as the case may be, must be living and the offender must marry in any case in which such marriage…

When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act in the same manner as if it were done by him alone. Image Source; crimlawguide.com.auIngredients of Section 34: ADVERTISEMENTS: For the applicability of Section 34 following elements are necessary:(i) Criminal act;(ii) Done by several persons;(iii) In furtherance of common intention of all. ADVERTISEMENTS: In Surendra Chauhan v. State of M.P.,it was held that to apply this section, apart from the fact that there should be two or more accused, two facts must be established: (1) Common Intention (2) participation of the accused in the commission of an offence.(i) Criminal Act:The section speaks of a “criminal act” being done by several persons. If the act…

Legal Provisions of Section 299 of Indian Penal Code, 1860.Culpable homicide:Homicide is the most important part of offences affecting life. Even though ‘homicide’ has not been defined in the Code, it means killing of a human being by a human being. It cannot be defined as killing of a person by a person in view of the nature of the definition of the word ‘person’ in section 11 of the Code according to which the word includes any company or association or body of persons, whether incorporated or not. Homicide may be lawful or unlawful. Lawful homicide may be excusable or justifiable. Image Source: s2.dmcdn.net ADVERTISEMENTS: Examples of excusable homicides are the general exceptions given under sections 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88 and 92, while those of justifiable…

When there is a partition in joint family, its joint status is disrupted and the coparcenary comes to an end. The share of every branch of coparceners is also determined. Image Source: yourarticlelibrary.com(a) On a general partition, the undivided family as a unit comes to an end. Where the partition is partial, the members who severed themselves from the unit, lose the joint status which they had previously enjoyed as members of that particular unit. ADVERTISEMENTS: (b) Where partition takes place by conversion, severance is effected between the convert and the rest of the family members. Similarly where partition takes place on account of marriage by a coparcener under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, severance is effected between such coparcener and the rest of the family members.(c) Partition automatically alters…