Search Results for Tag : Widow
Judgments
Only 'unmarried or widowed daughter' who are dependent upon deceased female Government servant at the time of death are eligible for compassionate appointment(13.09.2021)
Present Appeal has been filed against the impugned Judgment and Order passed by the High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru in Writ Petition No. 5609/201.....
Tags : Daughter, Unmarried, Widowed, Dependent
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Widow has right to be ‘maintained’ on property(06.11.2015)
Hearing an appeal against a High Court order stating that a life estate vested in the widow of the deceased became her absolute property under Section.....
Tags : Widow, maintenance, absolute owner, estate
News
Gujarat HC: Child Born from Widow's First Marriage Can Inherit Property from Her Second Husband(27.06.2022)
Gujarat High Court has held that under Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, when a widow dies intestate, her heirs including son and daughter out o.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Hindu succession Act, Widow
Rajasthan HC Dismisses Widow's Plea Seeking Horizontal Reservation in ST Category(28.04.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a widow's challenge to the legality of the category-wise merit list prepared after preliminary examinations for rec.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, widow's, preliminary examinations, category-wise merit list, Civil Judge, Judicial Magistrate, Rajasthan Judicial Services
Madras HC: Remarried Widow Entitled to Receive Provident Fund Amount(21.12.2016)
Madras High Court has held that a widow is entitled to receive amount that had accumulated in Provident Fund account of her late husband even if she h.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Remarried Widow, Provident Fund
Supreme Court Rules Widow Alone Entitled to Pension after Employee Dies(30.09.2016)
Supreme Court has ruled that a widow alone is entitled to pension after death of an employee and not his mother.
Tags : Supreme Court, Widow, Pension
Supreme Court Seeks Alkem Laboratories Response to CCI Plea on Unfair Business Practices(30.09.2016)
Supreme Court has sought response from Alkem on the Competition Commission of India’s plea seeking to impose penalty of over Rs. 74 crore on the compa.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Widow, Unfair Business Practices
Chhattisgarh HC: Widow Daughter-In-Law Can Claim Maintenance from Father-In-Law(19.07.2022)
Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a widowed daughter-in-law has the right to claim maintenance from her father-in-law, if the latter has the posse.....
Tags : Chhattisgarh High Court, Widow Daughter in Law, Maintenance
Supreme Court to Government: You Do Not Care About the Widows of India(24.04.2017)
Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs one lakh on Government for not coming out with agreed directions to improve condition of destitute widows, desp.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Widows
SC: Family Members on Parental Side of Hindu Widow Not ‘Strangers’ Under Hindu Succession Act(25.02.2021)
Supreme Court has said that family members on the parental side of a Hindu widow cannot be held to be ‘strangers’ and her property can devolve upon th.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Family Members on Parental Side of Hindu Widow
We Should Hang Our Face in Shame: Madras HC Frowns at Discrimination Against Widows(10.04.2019)
Madras High Court has frowned at the discrimination faced by widows in social and auspicious occasions and said that we should hang our face in shame.
Tags : Madras High Court, Widows
Inherited Property of Hindu Widow Who Dies Intestate to Devolve Upon Both Son & Daughter: Bombay HC(12.04.2019)
Bombay High Court has denied relief to a man claiming sole right over ancestral property left behind after death of both his parents and held that inh.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Widow, Property
SC: Child Adopted After Death of Govt. Employee is Not Entitled to Family Pension(18.01.2023)
Supreme Court held that a child adopted by widow of a deceased government servant after his death can’t be included within the definition of ‘family’ .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Family Pension, Adopt, Widow
SC Dismisses Challenge Against Delhi HC Decision on Widow's Right to Compensation(12.04.2021)
Supreme Court has affirmed a Delhi High Court decision that a widow's right to claim compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 for the death of .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Widow's Right to Compensation
Calcutta HC: Freedom Fighter's Widowed/Divorced Daughters Having No Income Entitled to His Pension(12.04.2021)
Calcutta High Court has declared Clause 5.2.5 of the Guidelines for Disbursement of Central Samman Pensions followed by Authorized Public Sector Banks.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Widowed/Divorced Daughters
Bom. HC: Father/Mother-In-laws Not Entitled to Claim Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC(19.04.2023)
Bombay High Court has held that parents-in-law are not entitled to claim maintenance from their widowed daughter-in-law under Section 125 CrPC, on the.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Maintenance, Widow, Parents-in-Law
Delhi HC Seeks Response on Widow's Plea Seeking Ex-Gratia Compensation(10.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has sought response of the Centre and National Disaster Management Authority on plea filed by a widow, seeking ex-gratia compensation.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Widow's Plea Seeking Ex-Gratia Compensation
Bombay HC: Hindu Remarried Widow Has Right to Deceased Husband's Property(13.09.2021)
Bombay High Court has held that a re-married widow has a right to her deceased husband's property, if she was not re-married when the husband passed a.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Hindu Remarried Widow
Supreme Court: Nobody Interested About Welfare of Widows(31.01.2018)
Supreme Court, while slammed the centre and states for not taking necessary steps for the welfare of widows, has observed that "Nobody is interested a.....
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SC: Hindu Widow Can Be Manager of Joint Family(18.12.2015)
Supreme Court while deciding a property dispute between cousins of a family in Uttar Pradesh in a suit filed in 1978 in favour of mother who bought pr.....
Tags : Supreme Court , Hindu Widow , Manager , Joint Family
Delhi HC: Widowed Daughter of Freedom Fighter is Entitled to Benefit of Pension Scheme(13.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has observed that a widowed daughter of a freedom fighter is entitled to benefit of the Pension Scheme namely Swatantrata Sainik Samm.....
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SC to Temples In Mathura, Vrindavan: Donate Flower Offerings to Shelter Homes for Widows, Destitute(31.03.2018)
Supreme Court has directed the temples in Mathura and Vrindavan to donate all flowers offered to them to shelter homes for widows and destitute women,.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Widows, Destitute
P&H HC: Widow’s Remarriage Not a Ground to Deny Compensation Under MV Act(27.11.2023)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that simply because widow of the deceased got re-married, it could not be a reason to deprive of her claim unde.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Compensation, Widow, Motor Vehicle Act
Rajasthan HC Directs State to Decide on Plea Seeking Grant of Possession of Land by War Widow(21.01.2022)
Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to decide on a war widow's plea seeking grant of possession and document of title of the land a.....
Tags : Rajasthan High Court, Grant of Possession of Land by War Widow
Madras High Court Refuses to Entertain Plea Challenging Handing Over of Sceptre to Widow(18.04.2024)
Mad HC has observed that the objection to handing over Sceptre to a woman/widowed woman prima facie is an affront to equality guaranteed under the Con.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Widow, Sceptre, Prejudice
States Not Bothered About Welfare of Widows, Women: Supreme Court(03.05.2018)
Supreme Court has slapped fines on eight state governments and pulled them up for "not bothering" about the welfare of widows and destitute women by n.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Widows, Women