MARRIAGE:
1. What are the grounds for seeking Divorce?
Ans: As per sec.13. of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, there are many grounds for seeking Divorce. A petitioner can seek divorce on one or more grounds and some are as follows:
a. Living in adultery
b. Cruelty
c. Desertion
d. conversion to another religion
e. has been incurably of unsound mind
f. has been suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form, etc.
2. Can a husband seek maintenance from a wife? Or vice –versa.
Ans: ‘Yes’. As per sec.24. Of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Maintenance ‘pendente lite’ and expenses of proceedings. — Where in any proceeding under this Act it appears to the court that either the wife or the husband, as the case may be, has no independent income sufficient for her or his support and the necessary expenses of the proceeding, it may, on the application of the wife or the husband, order the respondent to pay to the petitioner the expenses of the proceeding, and monthly during the proceeding such sum as, having regard to the petitioner’s own income and the income of the respondent, it may seem to the court to be reasonable.
3. What is the basis or criteria for seeking custody and visiting rights of a child?
Ans: The duty of the court is to look for welfare of a minor child as paramount consideration……custody means not physical custody of the minors(child) but due importance will be given for welfare of the minor.
4. A Hindu boy can marry a Muslim or Christian girl? Or vice –versa.
Ans: Yes. They can get married as per Spl. Marriage Act, 1954. Some conditions are as follows:
(a) neither party has a spouse living;
(b) the male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female the age of eighteen years;
(c) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship; etc.,
5. what is procedure for registering a marriage?
Ans: a. Notice of intended marriage shall be given by the registrar of marriages.
b. The Marriage Officer shall keep all notices given under Section 5 with the records of his office and shall also forth with enter a true copy of every such notice in a book prescribed for that purpose, to be called the Marriage Notice Book, and such book shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times, without fee, by any person desirous of inspecting the same.
c. if no objection is received within 30 days from publishing the notice, the marriage can be solemnized by the Registrar of Marriages as per the prescribed procedure.
Consumer
- Who is a consumer?
Ans: as per Sec.2 (1)(d) of Consumer Protection Act, 1986, “consumer” means any person who —
(i) buys any goods for a consideration which has been paid or promised or partly paid and partly promised, or under any system of deferred payment and includes any user of such goods other than the person who buys such goods for consideration paid or promised, or under any system of deferred payment when such use is made with the approval of such person, but does not include a person who obtains such goods for resale or for any ‘commercial purpose’; or
(ii)[hires or avails of] any services for a consideration which has been paid or promised or partly paid and partly promised, or under any system of deferred payment and includes any beneficiary of such services other than the person who[hires or avails of] the services for consideration paid or promised, or partly paid and partly promised, or under any system of deferred payment, when such services are availed of with the approval of the first mentioned person;
[Explanation — For the purpose of sub-clause (i), “commercial purpose” does not include use by consumer of goods bought and used by him exclusively for the purpose of earning his livelihood, by means of self-employment.
2. What relief/s can be expected from Consumer Forum?
Ans: Sec.14. (1) if, after the proceeding conducted under Section 13, the District Forum is satisfied that the goods complained against suffer from any of the defects specified in the complaint or that any of the allegations contained in the complaint about the services are proved, it shall issue an order to the opposite party directing him to do one or more of the following things, namely: —
(a) to remove the defect pointed out by the appropriate laboratory from the goods in question;
(b) to replace the goods with new goods of similar description which shall be free from any defect;
(c) to return to the complainant the price, or, as the case may be, the charges paid by the complainant;
(d) to provide for adequate costs to parties
3. I have under gone weight loss treatment offered by one of the leading Health care centre. But I could not lose weight as claimed by this centre. Can I claim compensation form consumer forum?
Ans: Yes. It amounts to ‘unfair trade practice’. The National Commission has awarded compensation to one of consumer in one case, decided in the year 2009.
4. Can a Doctor be held responsible for wrong diagnosis and treatment? Can the suffered/affected patient claim compensation?
Ans: Yes. It amounts to negligence and deficiency in service.
5. Can I claim compensation for missing luggage in Airlines?
Ans: Yes. as per Carriage by Air Act, 1972, the permitted rate of 250 francs per kg,
6.Denial of boarding in spite of confirmed ticket can I claim compensation?
Ans: Yes. In one case a passenger with confirmed ticket denied boarding in order to accommodate a film actor, the National Commission held that on account of giving preference to others, the concerned Airways was deficient in service, by denied boarding on a confirmed ticket. In such a situation, at least a liability for breach of contract would arise, in addition to liability otherwise. Accordingly, an amount of Rs 15,000/- in addition to ticket fare, with cost of Rs.5000/- awarded as compensation.
7.Can any one claim compensation for Re-schedule, delay, cancellation of flights:
Ans: Yes. Cancellation of flight without prior intimation, failure to make alternative arrangement for travel, amount to deficiency in service. Flight cancelled after three hours of boarding, due to absence of pilot and failure to make alternative arrangements for another pilot amounts to gross negligence. The answers given herein above are general in nature. It may be varied from case to case.
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