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IPC 383-389: Extortion  1. Sections 383-389 of the Indian Penal Code defines various laws related to extortion. Section 383 of the IPC defines extortion. Section 384 of IPC specifies the penalty for extortion, while Section 385 specifies the punishment for an attempt to extortion. Section 386 to 389 contains much harsher punishments for aggravated forms of extortion.  IPC 383-389: Extortion 2. Section 383 of the Indian Penal Code defines extortion as an intentional act to put another person in fear of injury or any other harm to get his property or other valuable items. For example, A threatens B to kill his daughter if B does not pay 10 million rupees to A, this will be considered a case of extortion.  3. The main motive of committing extortion is getting the property or any other valuable item by causing a wrongful loss to one person and wrongful gain to another person.  4.   Essential elements for extortion;   1.  To deliver property or other valua

Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act–Right of Hindu Wife to Maintenance (Section 18–21) 1. Earlier the male-dominated society of our country didn’t allow any improvement in the status of married women. A lot of men were committing violence against defenceless women. To overcome this disability of our society The Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act 1956 along with the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, the Hindu Succession Act 1956, and the Hindu Guardians & Wards Act 1956 has been enacted to empower the married women of our state.  Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act 2. According to Hindu law, marriage is a holy union for performing religious duties. These laws protect a woman by guaranteeing her fundamental rights, providing relief in case of cruelty, adultery, impotency, the claim of maintenance and alimony, etc. it further allows maintenance to the wife who cannot maintain herself.  3. The right to maintenance arises from the concept that the head of an undivided famil