Questions tagged [india]
For questions specific to Indian law.
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Is the no shop agreement before joining a company is legal?
I have been interviewed and selected by a company , let's name it "XYZ Consultant". I accepted the job offer from them. They asked me to accept a "No-Shop Agreement" over email ...
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Child naming in India - is it regulated
My question has two parts regarding with the -
Regulation of First and/or Middle name
Regulation of Last name
First question might not be tricky but for second question there could be some ...
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What are legal formalities for open air Funeral pyre in NJ [duplicate]
I'm interested in knowing about what are legalities involved to get the approval of open air funeral pyre. What if we want to practice open air Funeral pyre in NJ. As per my faith it is recommended to ...
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Is online lottery legal in India?
Is a person from Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India allowed to play an online lottery? I know playing the lottery is banned in Uttar Pradesh, India, but what about playing the online lottery of other states ...
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Are Indian police allowed by law to slap citizens?
I have seen a few instances where the Indian police slap citizens as a fast punishment. Is that explicitly allowed by law, or just tolerated in practice?
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Can we issue a certificate of employement for someone if our company is not legally registered? [closed]
I was a co-founder in my friend's startup for 6 months in India. It was something out of passion, not about money. So, the Company wasn't registered legally, all 10 of us were volunteering our ...
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Is using proxies to circumvent rate limit to scrape data legal?
Im under the Indian jurisprudence and this is what the Indian Information Act of 2000/66F says on the matter,
Indian Information Act 2000/66F
Punishment for cyber terrorism.– Whoever,– with intent ...
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Is using proxies to circumvent rate limit to scrape data legal in India?
I'm in India, and this is what the Indian Information Act of 2000/66F says on the matter:
Indian Information Act 2000/66F
Punishment for cyber terrorism.– Whoever,– with intent to threaten the unity, ...
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If a director of a private limited company in India dies, will their spouse get the profits of the company later?
If I am a director in a private limited company in India with a friend, and I die after some years, will my wife get the profits of the company?
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How is value of intellectual property decided?
This question is with respect to tax law in India(you may also answer with respect to USA).If someone makes a software then popularizes it .The person has invested RS 100000 in making tghe software ...
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Is there any limit to the rate at which court cases can be filed?
Is there a limit to the rate at which a person can file court cases? What if someone purposefully tries to file a court case every minute to disrupt the court? Can that person be punished in India or ...
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Is it legal for companies to set up parallel courts?
In India is it legal for a company to set up an internal system of law and order where there shall be a chain of courts under the company and a formal code of law?Punishments shall range from denial ...
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How can a person sue oneself?
Either in USA California or in India (choose whichever you like) can a person sue oneself back for damages? Has anyone ever defamed themselves and then sued themselves for defamation?
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What is the definition of computer virus by law?The definition seems to be broad
According to the Indian IT Act we cannot place computer virus(which includes cookies) without user permission but does that mean we need to take permission even for placing nessecary cookies?
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Am I required to provide for my abusive parents' life after I move out?
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My mother died 12 years ago when I was 8 years old and my drunkard father (F) married someone else (step-mother, SM) to help him raise me. Past decade has been a disaster for me. I was ...
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Online crime, subpoena, search, and arrest [closed]
Suppose that someone hacks a website, and suppose that the police find what the hacker's IP address was at the time of hack, and they contact the Internet Service Provider to resolve the IP address to ...
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Are students from Government Aided schools eligible for the 7.5% reservation in NEET?
TamilNadu government recently passed a bill that provides a 7.5% reservation for government school students in the NEET medical entrance exam. In TamilNadu, usually government and aided schools are ...
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Constitutional validity of financial regulation of individuals
I am probably simplifying a complex situation, but this is the way I see it. There are several laws in India that govern the financial behavior of individuals - what securities they can buy in foreign ...
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How to make invalid declaration form?
I am planning to leave my company, but my manager forced me to sign the declaration form, the form contains,
I will work part-time
I will update new technology
I will support continuously
I will ...
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About enforcement of Supreme Court decisions?
How are the judgements of the Supreme court of India regarding central and state governments enforced? What's stopping the central government to go its own way than listen to a few dozen judges? Is it ...
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“Minimum legal distance” between neighbor's property line and a plant of woody trees
As we know that trees are essential everywhere but they sometimes cause nuisances as well when not properly planted or maintained.
Keeping this in mind, has there been made any law that describes the ...
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Is it okay not to refund token money?
Last week we had a verbal commitment with our prospective buyer regarding our 3BHK apartment in Bangalore and we were happy that they were interested to buy our house. We did not took any token money ...
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Order status Cancelled on the merchant website considered as relevant proof with legal common sense
An e-commerce order was returned back to the merchant, but they didn't give me reciept, a practice common in Indian e-eCommerce.
But on the merchants website now the order is marked as cancelled. In ...
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Who is a minority in India?
I went through this Wikipedia page wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs. It says
minority religious communities in India, which include Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians (...
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Who will get the possession of the property in this case? [closed]
Two children are fighting over the possession of a flute.
A has made the flute
B is simply very poor and has no other
toys to play.
In this case, who will get the possession of the flute - A or B?
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Contempt of Court Outside of the Court
Recently the following case has been catching eyeballs where Prashant Bhushan a Lawyer in the Supreme Court has been accused of Contempt of Court by making certain tweets. The Supreme Court has held ...
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Is the (Indian) Divorce Act, 1869 applicable for all religions, or is it applicable only to Christians?
As you can see in the preliminary of this (Indian) Divorce Act of 1869 here, it talks about the extent of Act in point 2 of preliminary. I understand that according to that point, the Court can grant ...
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Who has the jurisdiction over sushant singh case?
Sushant Singh was found to be dead in Mumbai. But after 1.5 months his dad filed an FIR in Patna now Mumbai police is asking to transfer the FIR in mumbai and let mumbai police investigate this issue. ...
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Therapist-Client Confidentiality and Limits
Is the Therapist-Client confidentiality valid even after the passing away of the client? Also if not what repercussions could a Therapist face for revealing such details after the said person had ...
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How to register a license for a software in India?
I have decided that I want to go ahead with the AGPL license for my software. What is the procedure that one has to go through in India so that the LICENSE holds in court. Will a LICENSE file along ...
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Are interstate and interdistrict travel restrictions legal?
This is an excerpt from the latest unlockdown (Unlock 2.0) guidelines from the Ministry of Home Affairs,
States/UTs, based on their assessment of the situation, may prohibit certain activities ...
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How does the legal system operate for dowry death in india?
Some article on dowry death in india.
dowry death
More than 7,600 women were killed or moved to suicide in 2015 as a result of dowry harassment by their husbands or families-in-law, according to India’...
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Rights of Joint administrators of a property
If legal heirs of a joint property have acquired the letter of administration of the joint property, can a single co-owner sell his share (in india)?
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Personal mobile device monitoring by employer legal or not?
So here is my case. I work at a company where I recently came to know that they were monitoring my personal mobile whenever I was connected to the company Wifi. No consent was taken nor was there any ...
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Legal issues regarding a recent Amazon purchase
I have purchased a book on Amazon and it was shipped to me. On the front page of the book, it clearly stated:
Circulation of this edition outside the Indian subcontinent is
UNAUTHORIZED.
I live ...
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Is a decree of civil court mandatorily required to be executed in common law juridictions?
In short, my question is that are execution proceedings mandatorily required to be concluded before a decree holder may enjoy the fruits of his decree against the judgment debtor OR are execution ...
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Will Littering in Private Property be covered under Tort Laws?
Say a person A litters at Private property of person B (maybe his Home) with things that B may find distressful (maybe Cigarette covers or anything similar).
So will person A be legally accountable/...
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Is it true that only people who own properties in Karnataka can make an agreement of sale in Karnataka?
I am planning to purchase a plot in Karnataka. Currently I have no properties in Karnataka and I'm a Keralite. I heard that in order to make an agreement with the plot owner, I need to have some ...
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Applying for new license plate for vehicle from a different state in India
In India when you change the state you are required to get an No Objection Certificate(NOC) from Regional Transportation Office (RTO) and submit that to the state's RTO where you are moving to, to ...
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In British India, was abducting a Hindu girl and then marrying her considered legal?
When the Indian Subcontinent used to be a British Colony, was it legal for a Hindu man to abduct a girl and marry her?
I think the British applied different laws to followers of different religions so ...
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Is a mobile charger considered an 'Essential' thing?
In this quarantine in India, we are not allowed to use e-commerce for non-essential goods. Amazon sells mobile chargers in our country. Is mobile charger an essential good? Can we use Amazon to buy ...
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Having problem in grasping a feature of Directive Principle of State Policy
I am reading 'Indian Polity' by M Laxmikanth, chapter on 'Directive Principles of State Policy'.
Please explain the following Stanza with help of an example
"The Supreme court has ruled many a times ...
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Is it legal to retain citizen passport?
I applied for Thai visa in India, when Indian lockdown was started, visa center stopped operating. But they still didn't return my passport to me. They are saying " it is impossible because we are ...
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Implementation or enforcement: which is required by law by the governments concerned?
In this q/a site and also in other q/a site of stack exchange networks, numerous questions are asked and answered. If these questions and answers are found to be legally binding, do the governments ...
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Is it legal for India to deny entry to Indian Citizens?
The Indian Government has imposed complete lockdown of ALL inbound passengers including Indian Citizens.
It has plenty of confusing wording but it says specifically
iii) As such, no incoming ...
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The employer is refusing to pay the full salary
I did some freelance work for one India based organization. There is one contract signed by me accepting all their terms and conditions (it was printed on a plain A4 sheet of paper).
From start till ...
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Void marriage petetion
Marsh married to suleka on 3rd Jan and this is a arranged marriage and it was forced family marriage for marsh. Again on next Feb Marsh registered perry who's his lover and both have forged witness ...
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Can US born minor obtain Indian citizenship by registration?
If a US born baby to Indian citizen parents, did not register by birth/descent at Indian mission, however opts for US passport.
Now if parents and US born baby with US passport return to India, can ...
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Can an employee without DIN registration hold 'Associate Director' job title, as per Indian Companies Act?
If I have a Pvt. Ltd. companies in India, and I want to promote one of my managers with the title 'Associate Director of a Dept.', can I do that without DIN and DSC registration. I just want to ...
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Bonds of foreign reputed companies and Army bonds
Do the functioning of Bonds cease after the date of maturity of the bonds?
In what respects Army bonds differ from Bonds of foreign companies operating in INDIA?
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