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Why do we need to read bare acts
Reading the bare act of any law is a highly productive thing, and sadly, it is skipped altogether by many even after many years into their legal cases. If people took some time to read the bare acts, we will not be hearing questions of the kind:
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My wife has filed DV case on me and parents. Will we get arrested?
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Can my wife make a claim on my father's house?
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My lawyer says that I cannot avoid paying maintenance. Is it true?
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Is parents' assets and property also used to decide on amount of maintenance?
Now the good news is that CrPC 125 is not a very long section. If you can stay with me and read the important points in it, reading and understanding DV Act will also become easier. The important thing is to get over the usual aversion to reading legal things. For some (probably like me), it comes naturally like reading a piece of news, but for most it is not so easy. The good part is that is a skill that can be developed by anyone, and if you are facing legal cases, it's in your own interest to develop this skill.
Section 125 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Bare Act
Go through the bare act of CrPC 125 below and try to observe and understand the important points in it. In later section, we go through it point by point and even discuss the important words carefully, but it is important that reader tries it himself first.
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