Facts

A 1313 law against wearing suit of Armour: The King amidst the political turmoil of 1311 in order to avoid any form of attacks or preventing a person armed to enter the parliament the king framed the law regarding prohibition of wearing suit of armour in the British Parliament. Hence anyone coming armed or wearing armour simply shall be punished; as one is prohibited from using any force and one should not die in parliament!

A child loved cartoon character Banned: Winnie the Pooh a cartoon character of mid 19s that became popular among the kids over the years has been banned in Poland from 2014. The officials sought Pooh to be a Hermaphrodite, the character was condemned because of its inappropriate dressing and was questioned of having a “dubious sexuality” due to which it was banned in the polish town. This decision came after a discussion on the face of the playground in the council meeting.

Fined on Feeding Pigeons- myth or reality: A UNESCO heritage city Venice has banned feeding pigeons on the city centre St. Mark’s Square, is feeding Pigeons a crime?, maybe yes in Venice, in 2008 a Municipal law was formed regarding the same to control rodent spread in the historic Square, the action was taken following the regard. A fine of about 70-700 Euros can be levied for the same.

Control over music played by Radio stations: Can Music played by stations controlled?, yes The Music, Artist, Performance, Lyrics system abbreviated as “MAPL” is generally used to control music played in Canadian Radio stations, this system was introduced by Stan Klees in 1971, currently the stations are required to play about 35% of Canadian Music in peak hours i.e. between 6 AM to 6 PM. This law is established by the Broadcasting Act and is implemented to prevent loss of traditional culture.

A play toy and a state of unrest: In Phnom Penh Cambodia sale or import of water guns is prohibited, which was announced about in the year 2001 by Chea Sophara who is the Governor of the city. This is also very strictly prohibited during the Khmer New Year which was celebrated using them; the fear engulfed around it is that the guns can also be used for acid attacks!. Hence any person playing, selling or importing water guns is leading to their confiscation.

Travel norms that one should know: From 2009, the officials of Greece have banned one from wearing high heels or even bringing food while travelling to Ancient monuments. The ideology is to protect the ancient culture from any form of wear and tear; people can choose alternative options like shoes and others. The Greece consider that the Monuments have skin and it suffers, hence thereby stopping one from wearing High Heels while visiting these places!

Road crossing laws for Poultry:Section 8 of the Municipal Code of Quitman, Georgia prohibits chickens, geese or any other form of poultry from crossing the road or from running into any other person’s premises without that person’s consent. This means a person in Quitman should have control over their chickens all day long. The city finds the law necessary to keep the surroundings clean and preventing fowling of areas.

Stop whistling, hooting, yelling, singing! : In Petrolia any form of noise is regulated by law, a law in 2009 imposes a penalty of $250, prior to this in 1990 Article 3, 772.3.6 prohibits noise between 11:00 Pm to 7 Am. No form of noise is allowed in the town, for example it even controls noise from Construction equipment operations, tire squealing, racing, and honking etc. What must be kept in mind in the town is to control one’s ardour.

Naming children regulated by Government: A ceremony for child naming and choosing names is such a paramount task, but not in Denmark; as parents have to choose their child names from an exhaustive list of 18,000 names for boys and about 22,000 names for girls according to personal naming laws and in case of different name, it has to be referred Ankestyrelsen for their approval. Apart from this imaginative spellings cannot be used and also certain names are prohibited.

Ban on gum chewing- is gum a real problem: In the year 1992 fines ranging from 500-2000 USD was imposed on people selling gums under the Regulation of Imports and Exports. This ban was first imposed by Lee Kuan Yew but the laws became less stringent with the signing of 2004 Free Trade Agreement. But the question is why should ban be imposed? Because this caused a lot of littering on streets and also was twigged to transports; hindering their movement.

Can fishing be considered suspicious? -The answer is yes, Salmon is an edible fish with pink flesh that is mostly found in Europe and other areas like Russia, North America etc. The Salmon Act 1986 regulates the salmon fishing. The statute was formed after a long debate, the law lays down a weird rule under Section 32 of the Act for people handling salmon under suspicious circumstances, but in fact the law in general just governs that no one should have a poached meal or something that is stolen.

1. According to this Act, the Central Government may, through notification regularise transactions of immovable properties held by residents of certain unauthorised colonies. 2. According to this Act, a person with a registered sale deed or other documents proving physical possession of the property is known to be a resident. 3. An unauthorised colony is defined as a colony or development comprising of an adjoining area, where no permission has been obtained for the approval of layout or building plans. Further, the Delhi Development Authority must notify the colony for their regularisation. This Bill mainly aims to recognise the property rights of certain unauthorised colonies in NCT Delhi. This Act provided ownership rights to 40 lakh residents of these settlements in Delhi. 4. This Act has also been claimed to facilitate the overall development of unauthorised colonies, whereby parliamentarians will be able to invest in local area development funds.

1. This Act was enacted on September 9th 1989 and modified on March 31st, 1995, which lists 22 offences that can break the self-respect and esteem of the disabled SC-ST community. 2. This includes denial of economic, democratic and social rights, discrimination, exploitation and abuse of the legal process, such as personal atrocities like forceful drinking or eating of inedible food, sexual exploitation, injury etc, atrocities affecting the property, malicious prosecution, political disabilities and economic exploitation. 3. Section 14 of this Act provides for a Court of Session to be a Special Court to try offences under this Act in each district.

1. Medical termination of pregnancy has been legal in India with the passage of this Act in 1971. It signifies that India legalizes abortions that are going to cause life-threatening situations. 2. The Act states that a woman can get abortions if the medical service provider can assess if during or post-pregnancy, there is a risk to the woman’s life, or if the child born could be ‘seriously handicapped’ or if there is a threat to the woman’s physical and mental health. 3. The Act recognizes the individuality of a woman. It states that nobody else’s permission except that of the women is required for abortion and her pregnancy. It also covers single unmarried adult women.

The Hindu Marriage Act was established in the year 1955 by an act of parliament for governing matters related to marriage traditions and customs.The Hindu Marriage Act, requires the age of the bride to be not less than 18 years and that of the groom to be not less than 21 years for marriage. An essential precondition for marriage to be solemnised under the Hindu Marriage Act, is that the bride and the groom should not have a living spouse.A marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act is voidable, if the consent of the obtaining party has been obtained by force or fraud. A petition for annulment in such a case must be presented within one year after the force ceased to operate or the fraud has been discovered.

Introduction The Allahabad high court or the High court of judicature at Allahabad is a high court based in Allahabad (now Prayagraj) and has jurisdiction over the state of Uttar Pradesh since 1950. History It was established as the high court of judicature for the north western provinces at Agra on 17th march 1866 by the Indian high court act of 1861 replacing the old Sadr Diwani Adalat. Chief justice Justice Govind Mathur is the current chief justice of the High court (Joining 21/11/2017, Ret. 13/04/2021). Sir Walter Morgan was the 1st chief justice (1866-1871) Judges The court has a sanctioned strength of 160(Permanent 76, Additional 84) Some landmark judgement * The Indira verdict * In June 12,1975 the court found Indira Gandhi guilty of electoral malpractices and declared her election invalid and debarred her from contesting election for 6 years. * It is widely believed that the court verdict prompted her to declare emergency in the country on June 25,1975. * Ban on caste rallies. * In July 2013, the court banned caste rallies in the most populous state of country. * Babus must send their kids to Government schools. * In August 2105, the court took the role of reformer and ordered all the Sarkari babus(staffs) to send their kids to government schools. * The triple talaq ruling. * In December, last year the court delivered a landmark judgement declaring the practice of Triple Talaq as unconstitutional.