Kerala High Court recognizes the right of a senior citizen to claim the past maintenance from children irrespective of the religion they belong. An octogenarian Christian who failed before the Family Court, Malappuram against his children for arrears of maintenance on the ground that no law prescribes that a Christian would be entitled to past maintenance preferred an appeal before Kerala High Court. The Court acknowledging that there were no statutory provisions prescribing the same rooting to...

Possession by a Hindu female is a prerequisite to sustain a claim of absolute property under Section 14(1) of the 1956. M. Sivadasan (Dead) Through Lrs. & Ors v. A. Soudamini (Dead) Through Lrs. & Ors Hon’ble Justice C.T.Ravikumar & Hon’ble Justice SudhanshuDhulia Decided on 28th August, 2023 For full textclick here

No vested right could be claimed to apply the extended age of retirement retrospectively. Supreme Court dismissed the petition by the appellants, who are members of the teaching faculty in Homeopathic Medical Colleges, for enhancing their age of retirement from 55 years to 60 years by extending the benefit of the Government Order dated 14th January, 2010, which increased the retirement age of Doctors in the Medical category under the Medical Education Service from 55 years to 60 years with ret...

To determine the basic wage under the EPF Act, the definition of ‘minimum wage’ under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 need not be taken into account. Once the EPF Act contains a specific provision defining the words ‘basic wage’ under Section 2b, then the Court need not travel to the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, to give it a different connotation or an expansive one. SC junks the contention of the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner that for the purposes of determining the ba...

Revenue authorities are not entitled to proceed against the Director of a Public Limited Company for realizing the arrears as per Section 26C of the KGST Act or Section 65 of the Revenue RecoveryAct. –– Kerala High Court A Writ Petition was filed for quashing the revenue recovery notice issued against the Petitioner-Executive Director of a Public Limited Company. The Court relying on Section 26C of the KGST held that the said provision is applicable only in the case of a Director of...