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Kerala becomes first Indian state to provide maternity benefits in private educational sector
In a path-breaking development, the Central Government has recently approved the Kerala Government’s decision to bring teachers and other staff of private educational institutions under the Maternity Benefit Act. When the amendment to the Act comes into force, Kerala would become the first state in India to provide maternity benefits in the private educational sector. ..
Topics: Employee benefits • Family • Family law • Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act • Modi administration • Parental leave • Private law • Salary • Social programs
UK to modify Divorce laws
The UK government has announced that divorce laws in England and Wales would be changed as soon as parliamentary time became available. Lawyers have appreciated government plans to permit no-fault divorce to allow families to function after a marriage breakdown. Under the existing Act 1973, a spouse has to prove their partner is at fault ..
Topics: Conflict of divorce laws • Divorce • Divorce law in Sweden • Family • Family law • Human behavior • Marriage • New York divorce law • No-fault divorce • Private law
US says 2 years needed to identify the migrant kids
The Justice Department on Friday said that there are around 47000 cases of unaccompanied children. They were taken in to Government custody between July 1 2017 and June 25 2018. Around 1000s of children were separated from their families in the border. This was halted by the judge in 2018. The Judge said that he ..
Topics: Child custody • Child welfare • Childhood • Family • Family law • Social work • Unaccompanied minor • Welfare
Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 strikes out Leprosy disease as a ground for seeking a divorce
On January 7, the Lok Sabha passed ‘The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018’, which seeks removal of leprosy as a ground for divorce from various Acts governing marriage in India. The Bill seeks to amend five Acts: the Divorce Act of 1869, the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act of 1939, the Special Marriage Act of ..
Topics: Divorce • Family • Government of India • Hindu law • Law in India • leprosy • Leprosy in India • Marriage in Hinduism • Parliament of India • Rajya Sabha • The Hindu Marriage Act
The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 aims to remove discrimination and stigma attached to patients of eprosy
The Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 eliminates leprosy as a ground for dissolution of marriage or divorce. It is an attempt to end the discrimination against leprosy persons in various central laws: The Divorce Act, 1869; the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939; the Special Marriage Act, 1954; the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; and the ..
Topics: Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act • Divorce • Family • Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act • Infectious diseases • Lepra • leprosy • Medical specialties • Mycobacterium leprae • RTT • Special Marriage Act • The Hindu Marriage Act