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The issue of live in relationship The article deals with the issue of live in relationship which is very common these days.  However, the law on this issue is not very clear either in India or abroad. While case by case basis court is adumbrating the law with regard to live in relationships, there are many questions that need to be answered. The rights guaranteed to female live in partners along with the rights of children born out of such relationships ought to be secured. However, it has to be kept in mind that when the law is giving legal sanction to live in relationships, it does not impede upon the institution of marriage as many a times men who get into live in relationship is already married. If live in relationships are recognized prima face, then it may implicitly promote bigamy. The law should have a discernible stance with respect to live in relationships and the aftermath of such relations. “Cohabitation   or   live-in relationships”   is arrang...

There are several documents which are not compulsorily registerable under Section 17 of the Registration Act. Some of them require high stamp duty under the Karnataka Stamp Act and some of them do not. Even the ones which require high stamp duty, if they are under stamped, can be rectified later by paying a penal amount 10 times the original amount. Non payment of stamp duty does not make the document void or otherwise invalid. The consequences of under stamping as per the stamp act are 1. To make the document inadmissible in evidence before any authority capable of receiving evidence of before any public authority. 2. The document can also be impounded for enforcing the payment of full stamp value. An under stamped instrument can be admitted as evidence in court if penal stamp duty 10 times the value of the original amount is paid. The following are the list of documents that do not require registration: Power of attorney that is given except power to sell property  D...