Danial Latifi v. Union of India __________________________________________________________________________________________ Shaping the law of maintenance of Muslim wives in India Mahima Sharon Selvakumar ID No. 214107 Family Law I Winter Semester 2014/15 INTRODUCTION The provision of nafqa‚ or maintenance‚ to Muslim women in the occurrence of a divorce has always been a debate of great controversy. The case of Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum1 (the Shah Bano case) was a landmark maintenance
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King Chulalongkorn‚ Rama V The Fifth King of the Chakri Dynasty THAILAND CELEBRATES many auspicious occasions but none with more feeling or genuine sentiment than the festivities held on October 23rd every year in commemoration of his Majesty King Chulalongkorn. Born September 20‚ 1853‚ King Rama V was to inherit the throne from his father‚ King Monkut (Rama IV)‚ in 1868 at the tender age of 15. Because he was still a child‚ Thailand was governed by regency for the first five years of his reign
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R v Blaue Criminal Law 01: Actus Reus Facts The defendant inflicted serious stab wounds on the deceased who‚ knowing she would be likely to die as a result‚ refused a blood transfusion because she was a Jehovah’s Witness and accepting another’s blood was against her religion. The defendant claimed that her refusal to accept the blood transfusion broke the chain of causation between his conduct and her death. Extract There have been two cases in recent years which have some bearing
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and one man named Homer Plessy fought against his arrest for not getting up and allowing a white man to have his seat in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. Plessy’s case went all the way to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled against Plessy. In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson‚ the Supreme Court ruled “separate but equal” (Knappman 468). Despite the Supreme Court decision-Plessy and other cases‚ African Americans continued to fight against the Jim Crow Laws. The National Association of the Advancement of Colored
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many families were affected by the great loss of life during the war effort. In his V-E Day proclamation‚ President Truman called for every American to join together‚ regardless of their personal God‚ in a day of prayer for all those affected. And thanking God for delivering victory over tyranny‚ in Europe‚ to the Allied Forces. He also asked that they pray for safety as the war in the pacific still raged on (Obama; “V-E Day”). After Truman’s call to action‚ we see a resounding answer as Americans
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society than there are that make up the government. The ruling powers numbers are small and limited. A community’s numbers are vast‚ huge and limitless. People shouldn’t fear their government. Government should fear their people. 1984 by George Orwell and V for Vendetta are from two completely different forms of entertainment‚ created in completely different circumstances but have so much in common‚ particularly displaying the effects when people really do fear their government. The result‚ a misanthropic
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Charles came to view the motorcar and told Allan that he would not pay more than $40‚000. Hence counter-offer appeared after Charles makes a negotiation on the price of the motorcar. (Hyde v. Wrench) Making counter-offer and reject the original offer will need an acceptance from Allan. Counter-offer is when two parties agreed on the same terms and conditions of the contract. Since Allan did not response to Charles offer‚ the contract between
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Citation: Powell V U.S. No. 405‚ Supreme Court of the United States‚ 1968‚ 392 U.S. 514‚ 88 S. Ct. 2145 L. Ed 2d 1254‚ 1968 U.S. 1140. Facts: Leroy Powell was arrested December‚ 1966 for public intoxication‚ which is in violation of Texas state law. Powell was found guilty and fined. He appealed and at trial Powell argued that he was not at fault for his behavior due to chronic alcoholism‚ which is a disease. He further argued that punishing him for his behavior was cruel and unusual behavior‚ a
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Paul is likely to be found criminally liable for rape. A person commits the offence of rape if he intentionally penetrates another person’s vagina‚ anus or mouth without the other person giving consent to the penetration and the perpetrator does not believe the victim consents to the act. The main element required to establish rape is the lack of consent. Lack of consent is characterise by the use of force or threats by the perpetrator‚ deception and where the victim was unaware of what was happening
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Tennessee v. Garner (1985) is based on an incident that took place October 3‚ 1974. Briefly‚ the facts of the case are that a Memphis police officer‚ Elton Hymon‚ shot and killed an unarmed fifteen year old‚ Edward Garner‚ who was fleeing the scene of a home burglary at approximately 10:45 p.m.. The officer identified himself as the police and gave a command to halt. Garner stopped at the base of a chain-link fence‚ and then began to scale the fence when Hymon fired a shot‚ striking Garner in
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