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ESSENTIAL INDIAN LAWS

Family Laws–Intellectual Property–Pollution Control Laws–Banking Laws–Arbitration and Conciliation Act–Companies Act 2013–Consumer Protection Act–Constitution of India–Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act–POCSO Act 2012–IPC–CrPC–CPC–Evidence Act–Domestic Violence Act–IT Act- 2000–Insurance Act 1938–Income Tax Act 1961–Indian Contract Act–Limitation Act–Specific Relief Act–Transfer of Property

Law Index

E-SCR

Vedic Era

• Law of Grihya Sutra
• Law of Dharma Sutra
• Raja Dharma under Ramayana
• Raja Dharma under Mahabharata

Hindu Sovereign Era [5000 BCE -1000 CE]

• Law of Manu
• Other Smriti Shastras
• Kautilya Artha Shastra
• Mitakshra Law of Succession
• Dayabhaga Law of Succession
• Varanaseyee [Benaras School]

Muslim Era [1000 CE – 1700 CE]

• Northan Sovereign Hindu Kings
• Southern Sovereign King
• Delhi Sultans
• Mughals

East India Company Era [1700 – 1850]

to be added

British Sovereign Era (Enacted in India)

Governor-General in Council

1850-1858 1859-1861 1862-1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882/1 1882/2 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947

Laws Enacted By British Parliament for India

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Indian Parliament under Indian Constitution -1950

1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Central Acts

The Constitution Of India, 1950

• Absorbed Areas (Laws) Act, 1954
• Administration of Evacuee Property Act, 1950
• Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996  
• Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970.
• Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019
• BENGAL, AGRA AND ASSAM CIVIL COURTS ACT 1887
• Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act 2020
• BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS  (RECOGNITION OF CONSUMERS’ ASSOCIATIONS) RULES, 1991
• Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019
• Code of Civil Procedure-1908
• Code on Social Security 2020
• Code on Wages Act 2019
• Comments on The Indian Companies Act – 2013
• Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019
• Consumer Protection Act 2019
• Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act- 2022
• Delhi University Act, 1922
• DEPOSITORIES ACT 1996
• Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964
• Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act 1972
• FARMERS (EMPOWERMENT AND PROTECTION)AGREEMENT ON PRICE  ASSURANCE AND FARM SERVICES BILL 2020
• FARMERS’ PRODUCE TRADE AND COMMERCE (PROMOTION AND FACILITATION) BILL 2020
• Finance Act, 2019
• Hallmarking Regulations 2018
• Hotel Receipts Tax Rules 1981
• Hotel-Receipts Tax Act 1980
• Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956
• INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961
• INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT 1872
• INDIAN LEGISLATION [Central Acts]
• Indian Stamp Act, 1899
• Industrial Development Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2003
• Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code- 2016
• Interest Act 1978
• Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019
• Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968
• Judges (Protection) Act 1985
• Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act 1926
• National Council For Teacher Education Act, 1993
• National Medical Commission Act, 2019
• New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
• Oaths Act-1969
• Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code-2020
• Partition Act, 1893
• Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007
• Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act 1922
• Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989
• Securitisation And Reconstruction Of Financial Assets And Enforcement Of Security Interest Act, 2002[SARFAESI]
• Specific Relief Act 1963
• State Bank of India Act 1955
• The Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act 2001
• The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
• The Apprentices Act 1961
• The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996
• The Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Act, 1958
• The Arms Act 1959
• The Army Act, 1950
• The Army Rules, 1954
• The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
• The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976
• The Building and other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1996
• The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016
• The Chennai City Civil Court Act, 1892
• The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986
• The Citizenship Act, 1955
• The Clinical Establishments (Registration And Regulation)Act 2010
• The Commercial Courts Act, 2015
• The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015
• The Competition Act 2002
• The Constitution Of India
• The Consumer Protection Act, 1986
• The Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) Act 1970
• The Customs And Excise Revenues Appellate Tribunal Act 1986
• THE DELHI HOTELS (CONTROL OF ACCOMMODATION) ACT 1949
• The Direct Selling Guidelines 2016
• The Direct Selling Guidelines 2016
• The Disaster Management Act 2005
• The Drugs (Control) Act, 1950
• The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954
• THE EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT 1897
• The Factories Act 1948
• The Family Courts Act of 1984
• The Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999
• The Foreign Trade (Development And Regulation) Act 1992
• The Government Buildings Act 1899
• The Hotel-Receipts Tax Act 1980
• The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act 2017
• The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
• The Indian Penal Code 1860
• The Indian Telegraph Act 1885
• The Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act 1933
• The Limitation Act 1963
• The Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008
• The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
• The National Security Act, 1980
• The Notaries Rules, 1956
• The Official Languages Act 1963
• The Payment Of Wages Act, 1936
• The Press And Registration Of Books Act 1867
• The Press Council Act 1978
• The Prevention Of Corruption Act- 1988
• The Prevention Of Damage To Public Property Act, 1984
• The Prevention Of Money Laundering Act-2002
• The Protection Of Civil Rights Act 1955
• The Protection of Human Rights Act 1993
• THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 2005
• The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
• The Rajghat Samadhi Act 1951
• The Registration Of Births And Deaths Act 1969
• The Special Protection Group Act 1988
• The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967
• The Water (Prevention And Control of Pollution) Act 1974
• The Whistle Blowers Protection Act 2014
• The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
• Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019
• United Nations (Security Council) Act, 1947
• Vesting of Certain Area at Ayodhya on 1993

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