Date: 2022-01-19Category: Not ApplicableState: Tamil NaduCountry: India
HOME DEPARTMENT - Award of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's Police Medal for Gallantry to Thiru S. Sekar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Anti-Land Grabbing Special Cell, Madurai
The Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Part III-Section 1(a), No. 3, published on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, contains notifications by the government. It includes an amendment to the Family Courts (Tamil Nadu) Rules, 1987, issued by the Home Department (Courts-II). This amendment, detailed in G.O. (D). No. 1492, dated December 14, 2020, revises rule 7 regarding the fee for counselors. Counsellors are now entitled to a sitting fee of Rs. 600 per day, with a monthly ceiling of Rs. 12,000. The notification, No. SRO A-2/2021, is issued in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 23 of the Family Courts Act, 1984. S.K. Prabakar, Additional Chief Secretary to Government.
Key Entities Referenced
Family Courts (Tamil Nadu) Rules, 1987: The primary set of rules being amended by this notification.
Family Courts Act, 1984: Central act that confers power to amend the Family Court rules to the Tamil Nadu government.
Home Department (Courts-II): The department within the Tamil Nadu government responsible for the amendment.
Tamil Nadu: The state where the rules and the notification are applicable.