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Cruelty as a ground for Divorce

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  It is stated that a house is a cursed place where women are not respected, and that a household that respects and reveres women is a happy and prosperous one. However, given the current situation, it is crucial to stress that cruelty should not be limited to one gender and should be a gender-neutral strategy that includes all gender types. Furthermore, a person might be subjected to other forms of cruelty, both mental and physical. Cruelty as a reason for divorce has evolved through time in numerous distinct personal laws and instances. Different countries have varying thresholds for cruelty that leads to marriage. Cruelty is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as the quality of being cruel and inflicting suffering. Cruelty is not expressly defined in any family law statute. However, the framework of human behaviour in behaviour has been portrayed in the form of matrimonial duties and obligations under section 13 (1) (i)(a) of the act. In order to address marital violence and crue...

Toxicology

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It is a branch of science which deals with the study of the adverse effects of chemical substance on living organisms and practice of diagnosing and treating exposures to toxins and toxicants. Toxicology has been defined as the study  of the poisons. PARACELSUS is known as the "Father of Toxicology". He said "Poison is in everything and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.                                                                                                                                                                      ...

What if Police Refused to register the FIR

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  It  is  mandatory for police to register FIR and if they fail to do so, they’ll be guilty u/s 166 of IPC which states, Whoever, being a public servant, knowingly diso­beys any direction of the law as to the way in which he is to conduct himself as such public servant, intending to cause, or knowing it to be likely that he will, by such disobedience, cause injury to any person, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both. According to Section 154 (3) of Crpc, Any person aggrieved by a refusal on the part of an officer in charge of a police station to record the information and may send the substance of such information, in writing and by post, to the Superintendent of Police concerned who, if satisfied that such information discloses the commission of a cognizable offence, shall either investigate the case himself or direct an investigation to be made by any police officer subordinate to him.   I...

Rights OF Rape Victim!

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  Law has provided certain rights to rape victims which include Zero FIR. It was enacted on the advice of the Justice Verma Committee, which was constituted in the aftermath of the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape in Delhi. This places a legal requirement on the police to launch an inquiry and take action as soon as possible, regardless of whether or not they have jurisdiction. It refers to a FIR that is filed regardless of the location where the crime was committed. In such a circumstance, the police cannot claim that they have no jurisdiction. After then, the FIR is transferred to the police station with jurisdiction over the incident so that an investigation can commence. They have right to free medical treatment in every private and government hospital of India. Every immediate and necessary medical treatment will be provided to them free of cost. Under section 357C of Code of Criminal Procedure, all hospitals, public or private, whether run by the Central Government, the State Govern...