Monday, November 30, 2015

Format for affidavit for correction of date of birth and date of death

Affidavit

I, ---------------- ( S/O, W/O, D/O) --------------------------R/O------------------------ do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:-
1.    1.      That the exact spelling of the name of my ( father / mother / child ) is --------------------------------
2.    2.      That at the time of Registration ( Birth / Death ) the ( name / date /sex )  was entered as ----------------------------------
3.    3.      That I hereby declare that the correct name / father name / mother name/ deceased/ date / time/ sex) is --------------
4.    4.      That I further declare that the place of occurrence ( birth / death ) is as follows-----------------

That this is my true statement

Deponent

Verification
Verified at Delhi on this -----------day of-----------------month-------------------year that the content of this affidavit are true to b best of my knowledge and nothing has been concealed thereform.


Deponent

Regarding not receiving salary from dated to and Dewali Bonus

To
            The XyZ l,
            New Delhi.

Sub:- Regarding not receiving salary from dt.               to                        and Dewali Bonus
Sir,
            Respectfully submitted that I was working in this establishment as ____  and repatriated from this establishment on dated -------------. I did not received my monthly salary and Diwali Festival Bonus for the period financial year ------------ till date and due to this  I am in great financial crisis. Therefore I request kindly order to release my monthly salary and Diwali Festival Bonus at the earliest so that my belly and bread do not suffer.
Submitted for necessary action at your end at the earliest upon my application.
Thanking you
Yours faithfully
(Abc)
LDC on Diverting Capacity
Original Branch

Dated:-01/12/2012

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Amendment in Section 34 of The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

18. In section 34 of the principal Act,—
(I) in sub—section (2), in clause (b), for the Explanation, the following Explanations shall be substituted, namely:—
“Explanation 1,—For the avoidance of any doubt, it is clarified that an award is in conflict with the public policy of India. only if,—-——
(i) the making of the award was induced or affected by fraud or corruption or was in violation of section 75 or
section 81; or
(ii) it is in contravention with the fundamental policy of Indian law; or
(iii) it is in conflict with the most basic notions of morality or justice.
Explanation 2.~—For the avoidance of doubt, the test as to whether there is a contravention with the fundamental policy of Indian law shall not entail a review on the merits of the
dispute”;
(1]) after sub—section (2), the following subsection shall be inserted, narnelyz— -
“(2A) An arbitral award arising out of arbitrations other than international commercial arbitrations, may also be set aside by the Court, if the Court finds that the award is vitiated by patent illegality appearing on the face of the award:
Provided that an award shall not be set aside merely on the ground of an erroneous application of the law or by re- appreciation of evidence”;
(11]) after sub-section (4), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:—— ‘
“(5) An application under this section shall be filed by a party only after issuing a prior notice to the other party and such application shall be accompanied by an afhdavit by the applicant endorsing compliance with the said requirement.
(6) application under this section shall be disposed of expeditiously, and in any event, within a period of one year from the date on which the notice referred to in sub-section (5) is serVed upon the other party”.

Insertion of Section 31A in the Arbitration and conciliation act 1996

17. After section 31 of the principal Act, the following new section shall be inserted, namely:—
“31A.( 1) In relation to any arbitration proceeding or a proceeding under any of the provisions of this Act pertaining to the arbitration, the Court or arbitral tn'bunal, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1 908, shall have the discretion to determine—
(a) whether costs are payable by one party to another; (b) the amount of such costs; and (c) when such costs are to be paid.
Explanation—For the purpose of this sub-section, “costs” means reasonable costs relating to—
(i) the fees and expenses of the arbitrators, Courts and witnesses; '
(ii) legal fees and expenses;
(iii) any administration fees of the institution
supervising the arbitration; and
(iv) any other expenses incurred in connection with the arbitral or Court proceedings and the arbitral award.
(2) If the Court or arbitral tribunal decides to make an order as to payment of costs,—
(a) the general rule is that the unsuccessful party will be ordered to pay the costs of the successful party; or
(b) the Court or arbitral tribunal may make a different order for reasons to be recorded in writing.
(3) In determining the costs, the Court or arbitral tribunal shall have regard to all the circumstances, including—~
(a) the conduct of all the parties; (b) whether a party has succeeded partly in the case;
(c) whether the party had made a frivolous counter claim leading to delay in the diSposal of the arbitral proceedings; and
(d) whether any reasonable offer to settle the dispute is made by a party and refused by the other party.
(4) The Court or arbitral tribunal may make any order under this section including the order that a party shall pay—-
(a) a proportion of another party’s costs;
(b) a stated amount in respect of another party’s costs; (c) costs from or until a certain date only;
(d) costs incurred before proceedings have begun;
(e) costs relating to particular steps taken in the proceedings;
(1) costs relating only to a distinct part of the proceedings; and (g) interest on costs from or until a certain date. (5) An agreement which has the effect that a party is to pay the whole or part of the costs of the arbitration in any event
shall be only valid if such agreement is made after the dispute in question has arisen”.

Amendment in section 36 of The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996

19. For section 36 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely
“36.(1) Where the time for making an application to set aside the arbitral award under section 34 has expired, then, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), such award shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in the same manner as if it were a decree of the court.
(2) Where an application to set aside the arbitral award has been filed in the Court under section 34, the filing of such an application shall not by itself render that award unenforceable, unless the Court grants an order of stay of the operation of the said arbitral award in accordance with the provisions of sub—section (3), on a separate application made for that purpose.
(3) Upon filing of an application under sub-section (2) for stay of the operation of the arbitral award, the Court may, subject to such conditions as it may deem fit, grant stay of the operation of such award for reasons to be recorded in writing: '
Provided that the Court shall, while considering the application for grant of stay in the case of an arbitral award for payment of money, have due regard to the provisions for grant of stay of a money decree under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.”.