- No woman can be arrested before 6 A.M. and after 6 P.M. (In exception cases they can be arrested as mentioned in point 7)
Criminal Procedure Code, Section 46
2. A Police officer can’t refuse to lodge an FIR if he/she does they could be jailed from 6 months to 1 year.
Indian Penal Code, 166 A
3. No 5 star hotel can’t prohibit you from drinking potable water and using its washrooms.
Indian Sarais Act, 1887
4. If a young boy and a girl want to live together in “live in relationship”,they can do so because it is not illegal. Even the new born from this relationship is also a legal son or daughter and this new born has the full right in the assets of his/her father.
5. A police officer is always on duty whether he/she wearing a uniform or not. If a person makes a complaint to the officer, he/she could not say that he can’t help the victim because he/ she is not on the duty.
6. No company can fire a pregnant woman. It may be punishable by a maximum of 3 years of imprisonment..
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
7. Only women police constable can arrest women. Male constable doesn’t have the rights to arrest women. Women have the right to deny going to police stations after 6 P.M. and before 6 A.M. In case of a serious crime only after receipt of the written order from the magistrate a male policeman can arrest a woman.
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
8. There are very few people who know that if their gas cylinder blasts during the cooking of food then the gas agency is liable to pay Rs. 50 lakh to the victim as a compensation. To claim this compensation consumer need to lodge an FIR to the nearest police station and submit it to the concerned gas agency.
As per the Citizen Charter (Indian Oil Corporation website)
9. If you are fined for a crime (like riding without a helmet or any other reason) then you will not be fined for the same reason in the same day.
Automotive (Amendment) Bill, 2016,
10. Any Shop keeper can’t charge more than the printed price of any commodity but a consumer has the right to bargain for less than the printed price of a commodity.
Maximum Retail Price Act, 2014
11 . If somebody belongs to Hindu religion and have a son or grandson then he can’t adopt a second child.
There must be a gap of at least 21 years between you (the adopter) and your adopted son.
Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956.