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Important Information about POCSO Act

India has nearly a population of 472 million children below the age of eighteen, out of which 225 million are girls. Protection of children by the state is guaranteed to Indian citizens by an expansive reading of Article 21 of the Indian constitution, and also mandated given India's status as signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Child sexual abuse laws in India have been enacted as part of the nation's child protection policies. The necessity for a legal remedy is evident given that nearly 24 per cent of all children have suffered sexual abuse, and half of these were at the hands of persons in the position of trust. The children are vulnerable as they are innocent and are not aware about the predators. In order to provide them protection, the Parliament of India passed the 'Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill, 2011' regarding child sexual abuse on 22 May 2012 into an Act. The rules formulated by the government in accordance with

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BAILABLE OFFENCES & NON BAILABLE OFFENCES

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Procedure related to Directors to sign the resolution in a Private Limited Company

In a Private Limited Company – Minimum two Directors should be there. Hence both the Directors should sign the resolution. As per Sec.21 of Companies Act 2013, resolution can be signed by any Key Managerial Personnel (which includes a Managing Director) or an officer of the company duly authorized by the Board. Hence there is nothing illegal, if the resolution is signed by Managing Director.Provisions of the Companies Act, 2013: Section 21: Authentication of documents, proceedings and contracts. For this provision, no rules are prescribed the Companies Rules, 2013 [Section 21 is brought to force with effect from September 12, 2013.] This section is applicable to all companies. Any document or proceedings requiring authentication by a company, may be signed by any key managerial personnel. It may also be signed by an officer of the company if so duly authorized in this behalf by the Board of Directors of a company. Similarly contracts made by or on behalf of a company shall be signed. T

A district court can pass a verdict against a PM & order to be put in custody

A Session Judge can pass any sentence authorized by law- sentence to death is subject to confirmation by High Court. Assistant Session Judge can pass sentence, Imprisonment up to 10 years or/ and fine. For criminal cases, like all MPs, she/he can be arrested anytime. She/he can be arrested in the name of preventive detention and contempt of court as well. For civil cases, she/he enjoys some immunity. Prime Minister is a member of parliament. Members of parliament cannot be arrested during the session of parliament and 40 days before beginning of session and 40 days after the end of session (Article 105). There are 3 sessions of parliament in a year. Lok Sabha sits for around 70 days a year. So there are 310 days out of 365 in which they cannot be arrested for civil cases. Cases can be filed against the sitting Prime Minister , and he/she can even be called for cross examination by the Indian Courts. If found guilty by courts , irrespective of being the sitting Prime Minister he/she has

Difference between Juvenile Justice Act and POCSO Act

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Legal actions that can be taken against a broker who is not hired by the owner

It does not matter whether the broker is hired by the owner or not hired by the owner. As the broker has cheated you, so you can file a complaint to the nearest Police station, as per Cheating in India (section 415 of IPC) & S.420 of IPC (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property). Illustration of cheating with the help of an example, is mentioned below:- Broker rented YOU a Flat. Broker , intentionally deceived YOU into believing that the Flat belonged to X, & X has made him the broker and thereby induced you to pay the brokerage amount to him. BROKER has committed the crime of cheating. The points which amounts to the offence of cheating 1. The accused must deceive another person 2. The person so deceived should be induced to deliver any property to any person, or 3. The person so deceived should be intentionally induced to do or at times, not to do an activity. There are two classes of acts which the person deceived may be induced to do. Firstly he may be induce

Which are the top Law schools in India which have comparatively low fees to private Law colleges

Top Law colleges in India with low fees in comparison to Private Law colleges, are all Government run Law colleges. 1.National Law School of India University, Bangalore 2.Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 3.National Law University, New Delhi 4.NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad 5.National Law University, Jodhpur 6.Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar 7.WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata 8.Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Delhi 9.Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala 10.National Law Institute University, Bhopal 11.National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi 12.Faculty of Law – Banaras Hindu University 13.Faculty of Law – Aligarh Muslim University 14.Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur 15.Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow 16.Indian Law Society Law College, Pune 17.National Law University, Cuttack 18.Government Law College, Mumbai 19.National Universi