Payment of Gratuity Act ‚ Gratuity Act ‚ 1972 Section 1: Short‚ title‚ extent‚ application and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Payment of Gratuity Act‚ 1972. (2) It extends to the whole of India: Provided that in so far as it relates to plantations or ports‚ it shall not extend to the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall apply to(a) every factory‚ mine‚ oilfield‚ plantation‚ port and railway company ; (b) every shop or establishment within the meaning of any law for the time being
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Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)‚ a 1978 amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. The impetus for the act was a 1976 Supreme Court decision‚ General Electric v. Gilbert‚ in which the Court held that denial of benefits for pregnancy-related disability was not discrimination based on sex (Gelb‚1996). This holding echoed past management decisions by which married women faced job discrimination and pregnant women were routinely
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THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT‚ 1872 CONTRACT Section 2(h) defines a contract as “an agreement enforceable by law” Thus to make a contract there must be – (i) an agreement (ii) the agreement should be enforceable by law. All agreements are not enforceable by law and‚ therefore‚ all agreements are not contracts. Some agreements may be enforceable by law and others not. For example‚ an agreement to sell a radio set may be a contract‚ but an agreement to go to see a movie may
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The Indian Reorganization Act‚ June 18‚ 1934 (Wheeler-Howard Act) --An Act to conserve and develop Indian lands and resources; to extend to Indians the right to form business and other organizations; to establish a credit system for Indians; to grant certain rights of home rule to Indians; to provide for vocational education for Indians; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled‚ That hereafter
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further to amend the Motor Vehicles Act‚ 1988. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act‚ 2007. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may‚ by notification in the Official Gazette‚ appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference
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Adam Walsh Act. The case of six-year old Adam Walsh is perhaps one that will never leave the minds of anyone initially horrified by its details. In 1981 young Adam was kidnapped from a local mall and regardless of tireless efforts by his parents John and Reve Walsh‚ volunteers‚ and law enforcement; Adam fell victim to murder. Two weeks after the boy went missing‚ his decapitated head was located‚ but his body was never found. This prompted his father John Walsh to start a campaign and legislature
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government involvement and would find the Sedition Act of 1798 to be unreasonable. Though the basic content is there‚ the newer version of the amendment allows the government to make laws that limit speech and press. It states that the government cannot make laws to reduce the freedom of speech and press. However‚ currently the government is able to apply consequences to certain cases such as the distribution of obscene material. One
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Information Technology Acts As information technology continues to advance so does the need to protect consumers from the new ethical issues that arises. Congress tries to protect consumers from numerous ethical issues through developing and passing of laws. These advances happen so rapidly that it becomes difficult to foresee ethical issues. One of many ethical issues related to information technology is the ease of access to consumers’ personal information. Telemarketing companies’ acquire
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COMPANY LAW QUESTIONNAIRE PART - 1 INTRODUCTION The companies Act lays down detailed provision regarding various matters and casts an obligation upon directors and officers of the company to carry the requirement of law. It is the duty of the directors and management to ensure that various provisions have been complied with. However where non-compliance has a bearing upon the accounts and transaction of the company‚ the auditor may have an obligation to bring it to the notice of the shareholders
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Introduction The Consumer Protection Act 1999 (CPA) is an act with the objective to protect the consumers’ right which came into force in Malaysia on 15th November 1999. Basically‚ the provisions of this act cover areas not covered by other existing laws. This act provides simple and inexpensive redressal to the consumer’s grievances and relief of a specific nature for example from ‘false’‚ ‘misleading’ or ‘deceptive’ as to conduct‚ representation or practice and that they shall not be practiced
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