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icon Humiliation - teacher humiliated me

What to do if my teacher humiliated me for wearing jeans at school? I'm 18 year old and I study in class 12 as we are Indian we all know that girls of my age at school wear salwar suits I went to sc


A. Dear Sir,
If jeans is not covered under college dress code you are not suppose to wear the same. But under any circumstances such teacher cannot humiliate you in front of your fellow students. You may lodge a complaint with Police and also you may lodge complaint with higher authorities in the educational department and get issue a legal notice threatening to initiate legal action and to claim huge compensation unless such teacher submits her/his unconditional apology.

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icon Can I be penalized for just being in red light area at night?.

On 30 July 2022, at night 3 am, me and my friends went to visit a red light area in Pune. We stopped by two police officers. They told you are not supposed to be here from night 11pm to 5 am. And for


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Every State has its own Act like Karnataka Police Act which mandates citizens not to roam on streets or roads at odd hours with or without reason the Police may book a case against such citizen. For more information you may go through the provisions of following Act to enlarge your law about the powers of the Police.

https://www.indianemployees.com/acts-rules/details/karnataka-police-act-1963

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icon Can I start Tshirt business for side income

I'm a full time employee in IT firm. Art and design is my hobby and want to sell tshirt with my designs printed on them. I create designs in my free time. Below is a statement from our company's polic


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You can start such business without interrupting your employment hours in any manner. It is better to start such business in the name of your wife or any other family member who are unemployed. Your co-employee may lodge unnecessary complaints if you flourish in T-shirt business.

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icon Required legal advice on Alimony for Divorce by wife

We are married for 20 months now, hardly we spent 8 months together, rest she spent with her parents only. In that for past 7 months she is staying with parents only. In 20 months, we haven't had any


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Supreme Court sets alimony benchmark: 25% of ex-husband’s net salary
The Supreme Court has set a benchmark for maintenance to be paid by a husband to his estranged wife, stating that 25% of his net salary might constitute a "just and proper" amount as alimony.
A bench of Justices R Banumathi and M M Santanagoudar made the observation while directing a resident of West Bengal's Hoogly, earning Rs 95,527 a month, to set aside Rs 20,000 as maintenance for his former wife and their son, ...ReadMore

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icon Maintenance denied for maintenance in apartment!

This is the stand who is having 5 flats at ground floor. He is denying to pay, now due to him , few more in total it will become 6 or 7 flats and two owner , they are denying to pay. Problem : I put


A. Dear Sir,
If anybody denies payment of maintenance to the Association then the management may file a suit for recovery of the same in a Civil Court.

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icon False fir filing - under ipc 306 and 34

A false fir is filed under ipc 306 and 34 , matter is, one day my sister was coming back from coaching centre and she was nearby our house, but our one neighbour thatbwa boy, tried to give his phone n


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Many a times Section 306 is being misused by the Police as such you are advised to file quashing petition under Section 482 of Cr.P.C and hire the services of high profile advocate.
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Section 306 in The Indian Penal Code
306. Abetment of suicide.—If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten ...ReadMore

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icon Loan Repayment - loan is outstanding

My personal loan is outstanding with the bank since 2 years as I was unemployed for 1 year due to pandemic & I need 1 year of time to arrange the funds to repay the bank. But the bank and recovery


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Remedies against harassment by Recovery Agents
Written By : Kishan Dutt Kalaskar Retired Judge

There are numerous cases of the oppressive and illegal conduct of recovery agents attempting to recover pending dues for the banks' benefit. In the past few years there have been many such instances, to showcase an example, an 81-year-old woman was seriously threatened by recovery agents, she got 375 threatening calls concerning her child's unpaid bank dues. After that, she moved to the poli ...ReadMore

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icon Online fraud - advance web solutions

I started working in advance web solutions and they signed me a electronic contract by E sign.as I got covid I can't complete the work they are harrassing and asking the money.they say they will. Go f


A. Dear Sir,
It is civil in nature and not a criminal offence and you have valid ground for non compliance of your assigned work. Ask them to go to any Court and you can leisurely fight as it takes minimum three years to get the result.

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icon Legal - single unmarried can I adopt

Am 53 yrs old single unmarried can I adopt 22 yrs boy if he is totally depend upon me and he is ready for adoption


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THE HINDU ADOPTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACT, 1956
https://tcw.nic.in › Acts › Hindu adoption and Mai...

THE HINDU ADOPTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACT, 1956. [Act No.78 of 1956][21st December, 1956].

Men who are unmarried can adopt as well as long as they are not a minor. However, if a man were to adopt a daughter, the man must be twenty one years of age or older. Only unmarried Hindu women can legally adopt a child. A married woman can only give her consent to adoption by her husband.

Yo ...ReadMore

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icon Burglary insurance claim for a firm

A burglary loss claim in the factory of a firm has been turned down under incorrect reasoning. Ombudsman does not handle Firm related case. What to do?


A. Dear Sir,
You may go to consumer forum or civil court and get justice. You may also get issue a legal notice before such proceeding.

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