Victims of crime may keep an eye on the accused all the time, track their movements and may not be magnanimous enough to accept even negligible deviations in complying with bail conditions, but they cannot expect the courts also to be rigid and rude, the Madras High Court Bench here has...
“Courts cannot be rigid on bail conditions imposed on accused”
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HC orders govt to sack chairperson of observation home in Trichy
Madurai: Sending out a strong message to those who abuse their official power, the Madras high court Madurai bench ordered the state's social welfare secretary to remove the chairperson of the Government Observation Home, Trichy, S Indira Gandhi from the post for accusing the home's superintendent of misbehaving with inmates. The court also ordered the secretary not to assign any...
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Delaying tactics cannot help in avoiding payment of maintenance to children: court
The Madras High Court Bench here has said that a litigant who had delayed payment of maintenance amount to his kids for years together cannot be heard to say that the children had crossed 18 years of age during the course of time and therefore not entitled even to seek arrears. Dismissing a criminal revision case filed by Paulraj (name changed) of...
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Pay Rs. 2.11 lakh as college fees, HC tells student’s father
The Madras High Court has directed a person to pay Rs.2.11 lakh towards the college fees for the third and fourth years of his son in two instalments. The first instalment should be paid within 10 days and the second within a month thereafter. Justice S. Manikumar passed the order on a...
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'Divorce no ground for quashing domestic violence proceedings'
The Madras High Court has ruled that divorce obtained from a man would not be the ground for quashing proceedings initiated by the woman against him under the Protection of Women from Domestic...
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Domestic Violence Act can’t be used to settle property disputes, says HC
A widow cannot lodge a complaint under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 against her father-in-law and sister-in-law if the former had sold his house to the latter who, in turn, resorted to rent control proceedings to vacate the widow from the property, the Madras High Court Bench...
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No HC relief for husband to reside in wife’s house
PANAJI: A husband seeking to reside with his wife in the shared household in her ancestral property by invoking the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, lost a case before the high court of Bombay at Goa . The petitioner's case was that the wife had not permitted him to reside in...
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Pay maintenance to domestic violence victims, Madras HC says
CHENNAI: The Madras high court has said women, who are victims of domestic violence, must be paid decent monetary assistance for food, shelter, health and education at every stage of proceedings under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. Holding that the law envisaged exhaustive protection for the aggrieved woman and child, Justice S Manikumar said a man is legally and morally obligated to provide for material needs and...
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Husbands delay maintenance payment by taking legal shelter
MADURAI: Husbands who were ordered by lower courts to pay maintenance or interim maintenance to their wives under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) delay payments by filing petitions against the orders of lower courts. Consequently, the women are forced to run from pillar to post to get monthly maintenance. The Madurai bench of Madras...
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Notice of Approval of Merger Agreement and Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation (Daiwa House Residential Investment Corporation)
(Source: Daiwa House Residential Investment Corporation) 4ef9a6e8-d9c5-4c4e-990a-bb50bacf15ad.pdf [Translation] May 13, 2016 For Immediate Release Investment Corporation: Daiwa House Residential Investment Corporation 7th Floor, Nissei Nagatacho Building 2-4-8 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Jiro Kawanishi, Executive Director (Code number 8984) Asset Manager: Daiwa House Asset Management Co., Ltd. Koichi Tsuchida CEO & President Inquiries: Hirotaka Uruma CFO & Director, Finance & Corporate Planning Department TEL. +81-3-3595-1265 Notice of Approval of Merger Agreement and Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation The board of directors of Daiwa House Residential Investment...
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2015 NYS Assembly Significant Legislation - Nov-05-2015 (New York State Assembly)
(Source: New York State Assembly) 2015 NYS Assembly Significant Legislation Establishes Database for Alzheimer Disease Support requires the State Office for the Aging (SOFA) to establish a database of programs that have proven successful in supporting and treating elderly individuals with dementia or Alzheimer's disease, in conjunction with the Department of Health (DOH) and after consulting with public, governmental and non-profit and for profit agencies. The information would be available to the public on SOFA's website and updated at least once annually. (A.5318 / S.3968; Passed both Houses) Reducing Crime Against Seniors broadens the mission of the Committee for the Coordination of...
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“You Will Get Nothing”
Summary When Michelle, 57, was widowed in 2012, she lost more than her husband. Shortly after his death, her in-laws took over the fields she had tilled for decades. They also stole the fruit from the trees in her kitchen garden and sold the harvest, leaving her without any livelihood. They further harassed, intimidated, and insulted her by surrounding and physically restraining her and telling her to leave her home, in an attempt to chase her away. Michelle’s neighbors advised her to contact Legal Resources Foundation, a legal aid organization that could help her protect her inheritance. It was only after this organization took the matter to court and Michelle obtained restraining orders...
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May 04, 2015 - City Council Meeting Minutes (Filebank) (City of Palo Alto, CA)
(Source: City of Palo Alto, CA) d84882b2d4c493cd5e3ab9.pdf CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Special Meeting May 4, 2015 The City Council of the City of Palo Alto met on this date in the Community Meeting Room at 5:39 P.M. Present: Berman arrived at 6:11 P.M., Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Kniss, Scharff arrived at 6:11 P.M., Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Special Orders of the Day Interview of Two Candidates for the Human Relations Commission. Mayor Holman: Our first candidate is Alice Smith. You've probably seen this enough that you know the routine. You'll have a minute or so to make any opening comments if you want to. We'll have the rest of the time for Council Member questions. Thank...
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Summary of 2016 Senate Legislative Action (New York State Senate)
(Source: New York State Senate) 2016-2017 NEW YORK STATE BUDGET The New York State 2016-17 State Budget reflects the Senate Republican Conference's commitment to improving the economic opportunities and quality of life for all New Yorkers. The budget plan is the sixth consecutive on-time budget which has stayed within the self-imposed two-percent spending cap. This fiscal discipline has already saved New York taxpayers a cumulative total of approximately $31 billion. The budget delivers on priorities outlined by the Senate Republicans, including: increases overall school aid by approximately $1.5 billion and completely eliminates the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) education funding cuts;...
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“I Was Sold”
Summary I would start working at 4:30 a.m. and finish at 1 a.m. For the entire day they wouldn’t let me sit. I used to be exhausted. There were 20 rooms and over 2 floors. He wouldn’t give me food. When I said I want to leave, he said, “I bought you for 1,560 rials (US$4,052) from Dubai. Give it back to me and then you can go.” —Asma K., a Bangladeshi domestic worker, in Oman, May 2015 Many families in Oman, like other Gulf states, rely on migrant domestic workers to care for their children, cook their meals, and clean their homes. At least 130,000 female migrant domestic workers—and possibly many more—are employed in the country. Many workers leave families in Asia and Africa—including the...
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“We’re Afraid for Their Future”
Summary Today, Syrian refugee children in Jordan face a bleak educational present, and an uncertain future. Close to one in three—226,000 out of 660,000—Syrians registered with the United Nations refugee agency in Jordan are school-aged children between 5-17 years old. Of these, more than one-third (over 80,000) did not receive a formal education last year. There are almost 1.3 million Syrians today in Jordan, a country of 6.6 million citizens. Their arrival, and specifically that of Syrian children, since the outbreak of conflict in Syria in 2011, has spurred Jordan’s Education Ministry to take a number of steps to accommodate their educational needs. These include hiring new teachers;...
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From Kandadevi to Kallimedu
On August 9, the Madras High Court observed that it was both a moral obligation and the legal mandate for the state to permit Dalits to worship at the Badrakaliamman temple in Kallimedu, a village near Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, and to perform rituals during the Aadi festival. It further hoped that “some compromise” would be worked out “so that at least in the next year… the temple festival is performed without any problem or hitch”. With this, the curtain has come down on the temple festival even before it could be observed. The Badrakaliamman temple stands on a site claimed to be some 800 years old. The medieval poet Kalamegam had...
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Harassed, Imprisoned, Exiled
Summary The government of Azerbaijan continues to wage a vicious crackdown on critics and dissenting voices. The space for independent activism, critical journalism, and opposition political activity has been virtually extinguished by the arrests and convictions of many activists, human rights defenders, and journalists, as well as by laws and regulations restricting the activities of independent groups and their ability to secure funding. Independent civil society in Azerbaijan is struggling to survive. In late 2015 and early 2016 the authorities conditionally released or pardoned a number of individuals previously convicted on politically motivated charges, including several high-profile...
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2017 Global Agenda for Economic Freedom (The Heritage Foundation)
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) August 30, 2016 | Special Report on Economic Freedom 2017 Global Agenda for Economic Freedom By James M. Roberts, William T. Wilson, Ph.D., Diane Katz, Anthony B. Kim, Bruce Klingner, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Nicolas Loris, Joshua Meservey, Ambassador Terry Miller, Bryan Riley and Brett D. Schaefer Foreword The promotion of economic freedom at home and abroad is essential not only for a genuine and sustained revitalization of the U.S. economy, but also to strengthen U.S. national security. In 2010, the United States fell from the highest category of economically free countries (those with overall scores above 80) in the Index of Economic Freedom. It has...
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Oral argument schedule (Wisconsin Court System)
(Source: Wisconsin Court System) WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT CALENDAR AND CASE SYNOPSES FEBRUARY 2017 The cases listed below will be heard in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Hearing Room, 231 East, State Capitol. This calendar includes cases that originated in the following counties: Dane Eau Claire Jefferson Lafayette Milwaukee Outagamie Ozaukee Rock WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 15, 2017 9:45 a.m. 15AP829 Penny L. Springer v. Nohl Electric Products Corporation 10:45 a.m. 15AP231 John Krueger v. Appleton Area School Dist. Bd. of Education 1:30 p.m. 14AP2701-CR State v. Robert Joseph Stietz FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2017 9:45 a.m. 15AP671-CR State v. Keimonte Antonie Wilson, Sr. 10:45 a.m. 15AP1452-CR State v....
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