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NEWS TODAY 03.06.2026

Dependent ‘married daughter’ entitled to compassionate employment: Court

Dhananjay.Mahapatra@timesofindia.com 03.06.2026

New Delhi : Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a dependent married daughter could not be excluded from the definition of ‘family’ and would be entitled to seek employment or allotment of a ration shop if any of her parents died in harness.

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe faulted a provision of a UP govt order relating to allotment of PDS shop on dependent quota for excluding married daughters from the definition of ‘family’ and said it breached the doctrine of equality embedded in the constitutional framework. “Exclusion of a married daughter from the definition of ‘family’ cannot be sustained,” it said.

Writing the judgment, Justice Aradhe said marital status bore no rational nexus to the status of dependency and the object of compassionate appointment or allotment of ration shops, which is to enable the family to overcome financial hardship caused due to death of the bread earner.

The bench said marriage neither extinguished the bond between a daughter and her parental family nor furnished avalid basis to presume absence of dependency. The UP govt order included “unmarried, legally separated and widowed daughters” as dependents. The SC said it would mean to include depe ndent married daughters. “Contemporary social realities demonstrate that many married daughters continue to reside with, support or remain dependent upon their parents,” it said and asked why a married daughter was excluded from the definition of ‘family’ when married sons were not.

Germany waives transit visa for Indians

03.06.2026

New Delhi : Indians will no longer need a transit visa when travelling to another country with a layover at a German airport, the country’s embassy said here on Tuesday.

The decision will come into effect on June 3. “The lifting of the airport transit visa for Indian citizens was announced in the Federal Law Gazette on June 2, and takes effect on June 3,” the German embassy said in a statement. “It underlines the federal govt’s commitment to deepening German-Indian relations, facilitating the movement of people, and further strengthening economic ties,” it said.

This comes as a result of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to India in Jan, the embassy said. In April, the ministry of external affairs said the visa-free transit for Indians transiting through France had been operationalised by the French govt. PTI

Rules tightened for foreigners extending stay

TIMES OF INDIA 03.06.2026

Foreigners who enter India on a visa valid for 180 days and wish to stay back beyond this period must now register with the competent authority at any time before expiry of their visa, instead of the earlier norm which allowed them to register within 14 days after expiry of their visa, reports Bharti Jain.

The Immigration and Foreigners (Amendment) Rules, notified by the home ministry on Monday, also introduced the “only in emergent circumstances” clause for extension of stay of foreigners who entered on a visa valid for more than 180 days, with a single stay not lasting beyond 180 days, but who want to stay longer than 180 days on a single occasion.

Govt. changes foreigner registration regulations

Press Trust of India

New Delhi 03.06.2026

The foreigners coming to India on a visa for 180 days or less will now have to register themselves “any time before the expiry of the said period of 180 days” in case they want to stay beyond the visa period, according to changes in the Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025 notified by the Home Ministry.

The new provision will replace the previous rule that required the registration “within 14 days after the expiry of one hundred and eighty days of arrival in India.”

The foreigners on a visa for more than 180 days with a stipulation that “each stay shall not exceed 180 days” and who wish to stay in India beyond that period shall have to register “anytime before the expiry of 180 days,” the notification published in the gazette said.