Neglect of parents a criminal offence in India

Now in India, people who neglect their ageing parents face possible prison under a new law passed by worried politicians.

Law reflects concerns that rapid modernization and a growth in nuclear families is undermining a centuries-old social fabric of extended families.

"At least now the elderly can have a roof to live under and food to eat in their old age," Gyan Prakash Pilania, a Hindu nationalist MP, was quoted as saying in local news reports.

Under the law, Indians can face up to a month in jail if found guilty of parental neglect.

The law also allows authorities to order children or relatives to pay a monthly maintenance allowance to the aged.

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Judge ordered back to law school

Go, learn law again. In what could be a perfect example of irony, an Additional Sessions Judge of Delhi will go back to law school to gain basic knowledge of law and its procedures.

The decision was announced by the Delhi High Court after describing Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tewari ‘incompetent’.

The High Court ordered Judge Tewari to undergo training for three months in the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) at the Judicial Academy.

"Since the Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Tewari does not have even elementary knowledge of the CrPC, it would be appropriate if he undergoes a refresher course at the Delhi Judicial Academy for the law at earliest for three months,” Justice V B Gupta said in an order.

Irked over a wrong judgement given by a Sessions Judge, the High Court Judge said, “It also seemed he did not know that the subordinate courts are constitutionally bound by the decisions of the High Courts.”

The case was of Rohit Kumar, an accused of power pilferage. Kumar had moved the High Court after Judge Tewari issued non-bailable warrants against him.

According to his lawyers, the High Court had stayed the arrest of Kumar till September 19. Despite it, the trial court took the petitioner into custody and denied him bail.

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Husband seeks maintenance from wife

Till now we have been hearing of the courts asking men to pay maintenance to wives, children or parents dumped by them. But here is an interesting case in which a a man wants maintenance from his doctor wife who allegedly deserted him at a time when he was jobless. Here is interesting interpretation of Indian law - Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code.........Read more.........Husband seeks maintenance

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