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LEGAL RESTRICTIONs AND IMPLICATIONs FOR CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

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LEGAL RESTRICTIONs AND IMPLICATIONs FOR  CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC:- BY Sandigdha Mishra, Advocate advsandigdha@paydirtprofessionals.com Section 144 CrPC ” and section 188 of IPC was recently widely invoked across the country in order to restrict the public gathering due to CORONA VIRUS pandemic. What is Section 144? It gives  power to a District Magistrate, a sub- divisional Magistrate or any other Executive Magistrate  on behalf of the State Government to issue  an order to an individual or the general public  in a particular place or area to  “abstain from a certain act” or “to take certain order with respect to certain property in his possession or under his management”. This order can be passed against  a particular individual or general public.  The order can be passed even  ex-parte. As held by the Supreme Court,  mere apprehension of danger is not a sufficient ground to curb citizens’ rights by invoking Section 144 CrPC. Implications: According to the order

WARNING SIGNS IN ANY RELATIONSHIP

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Warning signs in any Relationship:- By Sandigdha Mishra, Advocate advocate.sandigdhamishra@paydirtprofesionals.com The start of every new relationship is all butterflies and happiness. Like every other start, it’s full of promise and excitement and people tend to get lost in it right from the get go. That other person is often everything we dreamed of, smart, funny, attractive, the whole works. It is as it should be, some would say. What is the point of entering into a relationship if you’re going to start finding faults with it straight away? That might be true but we could prevent a lot of heart break, for ourselves and the other person involved, if we could only critically assess the situation at the beginning. Being honest with yourself doesn’t mean that a relationship won’t work out, it’s usually the only reason why it works out in the first place. But if we ignore the warning signs that point to our new relationship being a complete train wreck, we’re not doing

Communication is Important. Never Assume in Relationship

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Communication In a Relationship is Important. Never Assume your partner knows everything:- By Sandigdha Mishra, Advocate advsandigdha@paydirtprofessionals.com Good communication is an important part of all relationships and is an essential part of any healthy partnership. All relationships have ups and downs, but a healthy communication style can make it easier to deal with conflict and build a stronger and healthier partnership. We often hear how important communication is, but not what it is and how we can use good communication in our relationships. What is communication? By definition, communication is the transfer of information from one place to another. In relationships, communication allows to you explain to someone else what you are experiencing and what your needs are. The act of communicating not only helps to meet your needs, but it also helps you to be connected in your relationship. Talk to each other. No matter how well you know and love each other

Succession under Indian Law

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Succession and Inheritance of property under Indian Law:- By Sandigdha Mishra, Advocate. advsandigdha@paydirtprofessionals.com Upon death of a person, succession follows. The Constitution of India via Entry 5 in List III recognizes the personal laws and deals with areas like marriage, divorce, adoption, partition, intestacy, succession etc. Thus, either the State or Centre is competent to legislate on areas falling within the ambit of personal laws.  In most cases,  The Hindu Succession Act  prescribes the rules relating to succession applicable to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains etc. It extends to majority of the Indians.The  Hindu Succession Act , 1956, was amended in 2005 to give daughters an equal share in parental  property.  In case of  ancestral property , a daughter now has a share in it by virtue of birth, while self-acquired  property  is distributed as per the provisions of the will. Hindu Succession Act, 1956 ( “HSA” ) and other legislation are silent on

Money Laundering

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Money Laundering Laws and it's preventions in India By Adv.  Sandigdha Mishra advsandigdha@paydirtprofessionals.com Prevention of  Money Laundering Act , 2002 is an  Act  of the Parliament of  India  enacted by the NDA government to prevent  money - laundering  and to provide for confiscation of property derived from  money - laundering . PMLA and the Rules notified there under came into force with effect from July 1, 2005. Money laundering  is the process of making large amounts of  money  generated by a criminal activity, such as drug trafficking or terrorist funding, appear to have come from a legitimate source. Money laundering  is itself a crime. The term “money laundering” is generally attributed to the collective of procedures involved in legitimising assets amassed by means which may not be have been legitimate. Described otherwise, it involves the transmutation of ill-gotten proceeds into ostensibly legitimate assets, and sometimes into businesses developed as