NOTAS
[1] Casta: Posição social do indivíduo determinada pelo nascimento, religião, ou profissão. Grupo fechado de caráter predominantemente hereditário. (Fonte: ENCICLOPÉDIA JURÍDICA LEIB SOIBELMAN)
[2] DAVID (1996:437-438) inicia falando sobre os sastras (livros de preceitos):
A civilização da Índia repousa sobre fundamentos muito diferentes dos da civilização da cristandade ou do Islã. Cristãos, muçulmanos e judeus encontram na Sagrada Escritura o princípio básico de que os homens, dotados de alma, têm um valor igual perante Deus, à imagem do qual foram criados, O hinduísmo rejeita esta noção fundamental do Ocidente. Para ele o "homem é uma simples abstração; há somente "homens" definidos para categoria social a que pertencem pelo seu nascimento. As diversas categorias de homens são complementares e hierarquizadas, de forma que aos homens pertencentes a cada uma delas correspondem direitos, deveres e mesmo uma moral específica que lhes é própria.
As regras que regulam o comportamento dos homens estão expostas em obras, denominadas sastras, de três espécies diferentes, correspondentes às três motivações que podem determinar este comportamento: virtude, interesse e prazer. Certos sastras ensinam aos homens como estes se devem conduzir para serem justos: é a ciência do dharma. Outros ensinam aos homens a maneira de enriquecer e ao príncipe a arte de governar: é o artha, ciência do útil e da política. Outros, finalmente, desenvolvem uma ciência do prazer: é o kama.
Dharma, artha e kama são todos três legítimos e a ordem natural das coisas exige que sejam devidamente considerados pelos homens. Contudo, cada um deverá agir como a categoria social a que pertence o exigir.
Obrâmane esforçar-se-á por conduzir a sua vida tanto quanto possível segundo o dharma; os dirigentes e os comerciantes procurarão, antes de tudo, o útil, considerando o artha; as mulheres, que não têm destino próprio após a morte, colocarão em primeiro plano o kama.
Na filosofia hindu é claramente reconhecida uma certa superioridade ao dharma, mas desse fato não resulta que o artha ou o kama devam necessariamente subjugar-se às exigências do dharma. O dharma não exprime, de fato, a moral hindufstica na sua totalidade; por isso mesmo é muito diferente do fiqh, que domina sem contestação na sociedade muçulmana; na verdade não merece ser olhado como se fosse um "Direito" propriamente dito. Mais do que um Direito, o dharma é um simples modelo que se adapta às derrogações e pede mesmo certas adaptações, dentro do espírito de realismo e, mais ainda, de tolerância, que constitui a marca distintiva do hinduísmo.
Em seguida, trata DAVID (1996:438) do dharma (preceitos):
O dharma fundamenta-se na crença de que existe uma ordem no universo, inerente à natureza das coisas, necessária à preservação do mundo, e da qual os próprios deuses são apenas protetores. O dharma abrange no seu conjunto a conduta dos homens. Ele não distingue entre deveres religiosos e obrigações propriamente jurídicas. Indica, por exemplo, aos hindus a penitência à qual devem submeter-se quando pecarem e as ocasiões nas quais devem oferecer sacrifícios; impõe-lhes leis em matéria de esmola e de hospitalidade; impõe aos soberanos a visita aos templos e a garantia da segurança pública. A idéia ocidental de "direitos subjetivos" é totalmente estranha ao dharma e ao pensamento hindu, O dharma assenta na idéia de deveres, não na de direitos; ele indica a cada um como deve comportar-se se pretende ser um homem de bem e se preocupa com o que vem depois da morte. Os deveres assim impostos variam segundo a condição de cada um e também com a idade dos indivíduos 4; são particularmente rigorosos para as pessoas de condição superior. Existem independentemente de todo o mecanismo destinado a assegurar a sua eficácia.
A autoridade do dharma não reside no costume. O seu prestígio deve-se ao religioso respeito inspirado por aqueles que exprimiram os seus mandamentos, sábios dos tempos passados que souberam pôr em destaque o "bom costume" e tiveram uma visão incontestada da ordem divina.
Existem dois tipos de tratados a respeito, conforme DAVID (1996:439), ou sejam: dharmasastras e nibandhas:
O dharma encontra-se exposto em tratados chamados dharmasastras. Os mais célebres foram escritos em verso: são, em especial, as leis de Manou, as de Yajnavalkya e as de Narada, que se julga terem sido redigidas entre o primeiro século a.C. e o século III ou IV da nossa era.
Oque deve ser considerado como obra de dharma, impondo autoridade, foi estabelecido pela tradição. Os dharmasastras, reconhecidos como tais, formam um todo, qualquer que tenha sido a época em que tenham sido redigidos; o seu conjunto deve ser tomado em consideração para conhecer o dharma. Não pode pretender-se conhecê-lo através de uma obra particular, por mais prestigiosa que seja; os sastras explicam-se uns pelos outros e completam-se reciprocamente. Existe na India, por esta razão, outra categoria de obras, os nibandhas. Os nibandhas se destinam a esclarecer o sentido, por vezes obscuro, dos dharmasastras, a torná-los inteligíveis aos homens cultos e também a resolver as aparentes contradições entre os diversos dharmasastras. Certos nibandhas abrangem o conjunto do dharma, outros visam apenas uma instituição particular. Seus autores ora são conhecidos, ora desconhecidos. Suas datas se escalonam entre os séculos XI e XVII.
Odharma é uno e só pode ser conhecido a partir do conjunto dos dharmasastras. Porém, existe um grande número de dharmasastras e os nibandhas são muito numerosos. Disto resulta que o conhecimento ou a preferência que se tenha por cada um deles irá variar de região para região; certos grupos sociais vivem sob a autoridade de um nibandha e outros sob a autoridade de um outro nibandha diferente. Duas escolas principais existem assim no Direito hindu: a escola do Mitakshara e a do Dayabhaga. Estas escolas, com as distinções e subdistinções que comportam, têm efetivamente, como os ritos do islã, um domínio geográfico, embora constituam estatutos pessoais, que acompanham os indivíduos em qualquer lugar em que se encontrem: a escola do Dayabhaga domina na Bengala e em Assam, a escola do Mitakshara no resto da Índia e no Paquistão.
DAVID (1996:439-440) afirma que o dharma e o costume se completam:
A vida neste mundo não poderia ser regida unicamente pelo dharma. Se só este exprime uma verdade eterna, outros elementos são legitimamente levados em conta para determinar a conduta dos homens: considerações do útil (artha) e do agradável (kama). O homem sábio concilia na sua conduta a virtude com o interesse e o prazer, e não se pode esperar que as pessoas vivam em completa conformidade com o dharma no período de decadência (kali), que é o de nossa infeliz época. Por esta razão o próprio dharma admite o costume praeter legem e o costume contra legem: deve-se, segundo Yajnavalkya e Manou, renunciar seguir a regra de conduta consagrada pelos textos se esta é reprovada, desprezada pelo mundo. Entretanto, as regras costumeiras, provindas das condições contingentes de tempo e lugar, não têm relação com o comando divino, que é o fundamento do dharma. Elas representam um simples fato, que não merece estudo, e não poderiam servir de base para uma verdadeira essência. A realidade, portanto, é que a Índia vive segundo costumes dominados, em maior ou menor grau, pela doutrina do hinduísmo, que dispõe sobre as regras de conduta em conformidade com as quais os costumes foram, com maior ou menor intensidade, modificados, orientados ou interpretados.
Os costumes são variados. Cada casta ou subcasta segue as regras do costume que lhes são próprias; as assembléias (panchayats) resolvem, a nível local, todas as dificuldades e todos os litígios, apoiando-se na opinião pública. A assembléia, que decide por unanimidade, dispõe de meios de pressão eficazes; a sanção mais temível é a excomunhão, que faz do indivíduo um isolado numa sociedade onde a vida não se concebe fora de um grupo.
Substituindo eventualmente o costume, um outro fator que pode regular o comportamento dos hindus é constituído pela razão e pela eqüidade. Os dharmasastras mandam o indivíduo agir e o juiz decidir segundo a sua consciência, segundo a justiça, segundo a eqüidade, se nenhuma outra regra de Direito estrito lhes é imposta. Assim, as leis de Manou recomendam que se recorra, em casos duvidosos, à "satisfação interior".
[3] e [4] Em 1931 os brâmanes correspondiam a 6,4% da população e os kshatriyas a 3,7, segundo informação de JAFFRELOT (1996:12).
[5] KAUTILYA, no seu Arthashastra (2002:35-55), adota, dentre outros preceitos políticos, outros tantos, de aparência jurídica, que se assemelham aos do Dharmasastra:
O ofício do contador
O superintendente das contas instalará sua repartição com a porta voltada para o norte ou o leste, os lugares de trabalho dos contadores bem separados e prateleiras com os livros de contas perfeitamente ordenados.
o funcionário que violar qualquer norma, ou desviar-se da forma estabelecida para as contas, fizer um registro sem saber o que significa ou equivocadamente registrar duas ou três vezes a mesma operação será multado em doze dinheiros.
Aquele que por inadvertência apagar o registro de um total sofrerá dupla punição.
Aquele que o omitir será multado oito vezes.
O que provocar perda de receita reporá essa perda acrescentada de cinco vezes o seu valor. Se mentir, sofrerá a penalidade prevista para o roubo. Se omitir da primeira vez algum registro, incluindo-o só mais tarde, sofrerá em dobro essa pena.
O soberano perdoará uma falha de pequenas proporções; ficará satisfeito mesmo quando a arrecadação for pequena, mas honrará com recompensas o funcionário que lhe trouxer grandes beneficios.
Descobrindo desvios de tributos por funcionários corruptos
Todos os empreendimentos dependem de recursos. Por isso, o tesouro deve merecer a maior atenção.
A prosperidade pública, os prêmios pela boa conduta, a captura dos ladrões, a redução do número de servidores públicos, as colheitas abundantes, a prosperidade do comércio, a inexistência de distúrbios e calamidades, a redução das isenções de impostos, as receitas em ouro — estes são fatores que conduzem à prosperidade financeira.
O exame da conduta dos servidores públicos
Aqueles que têm qualificações ministeriais devem ser nomeados para dirigir os departamentos governamentais de acordo com a sua capacidade individual. Enquanto estiverem nessas funções, serão inspecionados todo dia, porque os homens são naturalmente dispersivos e, como os cavalos engajados numa tarefa, mudam de disposição a cada instante. Por isso os instrumentos que utilizam, o local e hora em que trabalham e a exata forma da sua atividade, bem como seus resultados, devem ser objeto de constante reavaliação.
O superintendente do comércio
Cabe ao superintendente do comércio verificar se há ou não demanda pelos vários tipos de produtos da terra ou da água, transportados por estradas ou vias fluviais e marítimas, assim como a flutuação dos seus preços. E decidirá também a melhor época para a distribuição, depósito, compra e venda desses produtos.
Os produtos de ampla demanda devem ser armazenados, e seu preço sempre aumentado. Quando o novo preço for aceito pelo povo, um outro preço será fixado.
Os produtos de origem local serão armazenados; os importados serão distribuídos para venda em diferentes mercados. E os dois tipos de mercadoria serão vendidos ao povo em condições favoráveis. O soberano evitará lucros muito grandes que prejudiquem o povo.
Não haverá qualquer restrição à época de vender os produtos pelos quais haja demanda freqüente, que não estarão sujeitos aos inconvenientes da armazenagem.
No concernente à venda das mercadorias do rei em países estrangeiros, assim procederá o superintendente: depois de verificar o valor das mercadorias locais, comparativamente aos produtos estrangeiros que podem ser obtidos em troca, calculará se há uma margem de lucro, considerado o custo do transporte e as diferentes taxas e tributos pagos ao estado estrangeiro. Se não houver lucro na venda dos produtos locais em mercados estrangeiros, o superintendente verificará se existe alguma possibilidade vantajosa de troca com produtos locais. Depois, enviará um quarto da mercadoria disponível para diferentes mercados, usando estradas seguras. Para assegurar bons lucros, deverá relacionar-se amistosamente com as autoridades do outro estado, tomando todas as precauções para proteger os recursos assim obtidos. Se não for possível alcançar o mercado pretendido, para evitar sua perda total a mercadoria poderá ser vendida em qualquer outro lugar, com um lucro inferior, sem pagar impostos, como se fosse um produto local.
O superintendente aduaneiro
O superintendente aduaneiro construirá um posto de inspeção e coleta perto do portão principal de acesso à cidade, de frente para o norte ou o leste, e exibindo as suas insígnias. Quando os comerciantes passarem pelo posto, quatro ou cinco coletores anotarão seu nome, procedência, as mercadorias trazidas e o local onde foram inspecionadas pela primeira vez.
A mercadoria que não tiver o selo apropriado pagará os direitos em dobro. Se o selo for falsificado, pagará uma multa de oito vezes o seu valor. Se o selo estiver apagado ou danificado, o mercador será retido por algum tempo. Haverá também uma multa em dinheiro nos casos em que a mercadoria declarada não corresponder à verdade, ou o selo for diferente do obrigatório.
O superintendente das prostitutas
Pagando-lhe um salário fixo, o superintendente das prostitutas empregará na corte uma prostituta, reputada pela sua beleza, juventude e qualificações, seja ou não de uma família de prostitutas. Será também nomeada uma prostituta substituta com um salário de metade do valor do primeiro.
Quando uma dessas prostitutas viajar, ou se vier a falecer, a filha ou irmã poderá tomar o seu lugar, recebendo seu salário e patrimônio. Este poderá caber a sua mãe ou a uma outra prostituta. Se isso não ocorrer, o patrimônio ficará para o soberano.
Para acrescentar ao brilho das prostitutas que levam as insígnias do soberano’3 e que o servem quando está no leito real, no trono ou numa carruagem, as prostitutas devem ser classificadas em três graus, de acordo com sua beleza e as jóias que usam; e seu salário variará da mesma forma.
A prostituta que perder sua beleza será empregada como serviçal.
Se, depois de ter recebido a quantia que lhe for devida, uma prostituta se recusar a atender quem a pagou, será multada em duas vezes essa quantia.
Quando uma prostituta recusar seu cliente, será multada em oito vezes o valor da quantia cobrada, a menos que o cliente esteja prejudicado por uma doença ou defeito pessoal.
Se uma prostituta matar seu cliente será queimada viva ou afogada.
Ao cliente de uma prostituta que roubar sua roupa ou suas jóias, ou deixar de pagar-lhe o que é devido, será imposta multa igual a oito vezes o valor do que foi roubado.
Toda prostituta informará o superintendente sobre seus clientes, sua receita diária e renda prevista.
As mesmas regras se aplicarão aos atores, dançarmos, cantores, músicos, cômicos, mimos, bardos, artistas de circo, cáftens e mulheres livres.
Toda prostituta pagará ao governo, mensalmente, o equivalente à sua receita de dois dias.
O matrimônio e seus deveres
A propriedade da esposa e as compensações devidas
O matrimônio constitui a base de todas as disputas
A propriedade da mulher está representada por meios de subsistência e jóias, para as quais não há limite de valor. No caso dos meios de subsistência, seu dote será sempre superior a dois mil dinheiros. A esposa poderá lançar mão desses recursos para manter-se, ou para manter os filhos ou a nora, caso o esposo esteja ausente e não tenha deixado recursos para isso. Quanto ao esposo, poderá também utilizar esses recursos em caso de calamidade, doença ou fome, para afastar perigo ou em atos de caridade.
Se uma viúva voltar a casar-se com um homem que não tenha sido escolhido pelo seu sogro perderá tudo o que lhe tiver sido dado por este e pelo falecido esposo.
Os deveres da esposa
A esposa que praticar quaisquer atos sexuais, ou beber, violando desta forma uma proibição, pagará multa de três dinheiros. No caso de sair durante o dia para assistir a um evento esportivo ou um espetáculo, pagará multa de doze dinheiros. Se a falta ocorrer durante a noite, a multa será dobrada. A esposa que sair quando o esposo estiver dormindo, ou embriagado, será penalizada com doze dinheiros; o mesmo se impedir a entrada do cônjuge em sua casa à noite. Se um homem e uma mulher trocarem palavras ou sinais com o propósito de marcar um encontro amoroso, a mulher será multada em 24 dinheiros, o homem em 48.
A difamação
A calúnia, os comentários insultuosos e a intimidação constituem difamação. Entre as expressões abusivas relativas ao corpo, aos hábitos, à educação, chamar uma pessoa defeituosa por apodo verdadeiro, tal como "o cegos", "o aleijado", etc., implicará multa de três dinheiros; e se o apodo for falso, a multa será dobrada. Se um cego for chamado ironicamente de "homem com belos olhos", ou um desdentado de "homem de dentes perfeitos", por exemplo, a multa aplicável será de doze dinheiros. O mesmo com a pessoa afetada pela lepra, impotência, insanidade mental, etc. De modo geral, as expressões insultuosas — sejam verdadeiras, falsas ou irônicas —entre pessoas do mesmo nível social serão punidas com multas acima de doze dinheiros.
Se as vítimas de tais insultos forem pessoas de nível social superior ao de quem insulta, este pagara uma multa dobrada; se a vitima for de nível inferior, pagará a metade. A calúnia que atinja a esposa alheia levará a dobrar a multa aplicável.
Se o insulto for devido a desatenção, embriaguez ou alienação dos sentidos, a multa será diminuída pela metade.
Caberá aos médicos ou aos vizinhos, em cada caso, determinar se a lepra, a alienação, etc. são uma condição verdadeira.
A impotência será determinada pelo testemunho de mulheres, a espuma da urina ou pelo comportamento das fezes quando mergulhadas em água.
A agressão
Tocar em uma pessoa, golpeá-la ou feri-la constitui uma agressão.
Se a pessoa tocar na outra abaixo do umbigo com a mão, terra, cinza ou lama, será punida com multa de três dinheiros; se o instrumento usado estiver sujo, ou a agressão for praticada com a perna ou um respingo de saliva, a multa será de seis dinheiros; se com urina, saliva, fezes etc., a multa crescerá para doze dinheiros. Cometida acima do umbigo, a multa será dobrada; na cabeça, será multiplicada por quatro.
Praticada a agressão contra pessoa de nível social superior, acarretará multa dobrada; o mesmo se a agressão for contra a esposa alheia; contra pessoa de nível social inferior, a multa será diminuída pela metade.
Se a agressão for causada por embriaguez, desatenção ou aIienação dos sentidos, será diminuída pela metade.
Segurar um homem pelas pernas, mãos, roupa ou cabelo implicará multa acima de seis dinheiros. Apertar uma pessoa com os braços, empurrá-la, arrastá-la ou sentar sobre ela será também punido com multa da primeira categoria.
Se o agressor se afastar correndo, depois de derrubar a vítima, será punido com metade da multa prevista.
Se o agressor for da casta Sudra, e a vítima Brâmane, o membro com que este for agredido será amputado.
O julgamento e a tortura necessária para obter uma confissão
Há quatro categorias de tortura: com a banheira, sete formas com o chicote, duas formas com a suspensão do corpo e as seis punições.
As pessoas condenadas por crimes graves receberão nove tipos de golpe com um bastão; doze golpes nas duas coxas; vinte golpes com um ramo de árvore; trinta e dois golpes na palma de cada mão e na sola de cada pé. As mãos atadas duas vezes, terão as pernas unidas de modo a parecer um escorpião. Há dois tipos de suspensão com o rosto para baixo. As juntas dos dedos serão queimadas, depois do condenado beber água com arroz; seu corpo será aquecido durante um dia depois que beber óleo. No inverno, será colocado sobre a grama para passar a noite.
Cada dia será praticado um tipo diferente de tortura
Qualquer que seja a natureza do crime cometido, nenhum brâmane poderá ser torturado, mas seu rosto será marcado com uma indicação do crime cometido: a forma de um cão, no caso do ladrão; a de um corpo decapitado, no caso do homicida; uma parte feminina, no caso do estuprador; a bandeira dos taberneiros, se tiver bebido álcool.
Depois de ter marcado assim o criminoso brâmane, e de ter proclamado em público o seu crime, o soberano o banirá do país ou o obrigará ao trabalho nas minas o resto da vida.
A pena capital, com ou sem tortura
O homem que tiver assassinado um outro será torturado até morrer. Se uma pessoa, ferida numa luta, morrer dentro de sete dias, aquele que lhe tiver causado o ferimento mortal será executado instantaneamente. Se a pessoa ferida morrer dentro de duas semanas, o criminoso pagará uma multa da categoria mais elevada. Se a vítima falecer dentro de um mês, o criminoso deverá pagar uma multa de quinhentos panas, além de indenizar a família atingida.
Se alguém ferir uma pessoa com uma arma, pagará multa da categoria mais elevada; se tiver causado esse ferimento sob o efeito da embriaguez, terá sua mão amputada. Se provocar a morte instantânea do ferido, pagará com a vida.
Relações sexuais com meninas
Aquele que violar uma virgem da sua casta, quando ainda for uma menina, terá a mão amputada ou pagará a multa de quatrocentos panas. Se a virgem vier a morrer, o violador será executado. No caso da virgem ter mais idade, o violador terá o dedo médio da mão amputado, ou pagará a multa de duzentos panas, além de dar ao pai da moça uma compensação adequada.
Nenhum homem pode ter relações sexuais com uma mulher sem o seu consentimento.
Aquele que violar uma virgem com o seu consentimento pagará multa de 54 panas; a virgem pagará também uma multa de metade desse valor.
A conduta do cortesão
Por meio da influência de algum amigo, quem tiver bastante experiência do mundo poderá buscar o favor do soberano que, dispondo de todos os atributos da realeza, tenha uma disposição bondosa. Cortejará o soberano, pensando: "Assim como preciso de um protetor, o soberano tem um caráter amável e pendor para dar bons conselhos". Cortejará até mesmo um rei que tiver perdido suas riquezas e não dispuser dos elementos do poder real, mas nunca aquele de caráter depravado.
Sem perder as oportunidades, falará das coisas que interessem ao soberano; dos seus próprios interesses só quando na companhia de amigos; e dos interesses de outras pessoas, no lugar e momentos apropriados, em conformidade com os princípios da correção e da economia.
Quando indagado, dirá ao soberano o que é bom e agradável de ouvir, mas não o que é mau, embora seja agradável; se o soberano tiver prazer em ouvi-lo, poderá dizer-lhe confidencialmente o que é bom mas desagradável.
Poderá, se necessário, guardar o silêncio, mas nunca dirá o que é odioso; até mesmo pessoas indesejáveis adquiriram poder abstendo-se de falar sobre o que o soberano odeia; fizeram isso ao perceber que o soberano só queria tratar de coisas agradáveis, sem dar atenção às más conseqüências e seguindo essa sua disposição.
A autodefesa deve ser o pensamento primordial e constante do homem sábio, pois a vida de quem está a serviço do soberano pode ser comparada à existência no meio de um incêndio — enquanto o fogo destrói o corpo, em parte ou no todo, o soberano pode destruir ou favorecer toda a família, incluindo os filhos dos empregados e suas esposas.
Considerações sobre as dificuldades enfrentadas pelo soberano e o seu reino
O soberano e seu reino são os elementos fundamentais do Estado
As dificuldades enfrentadas pelo soberano podem ser internas ou externas. As primeiras são mais sérias do que as externas. Problemas criados pelos ministros são mais sérios do que os outros tipos de dificuldades internas. Por isso, o soberano deve manter o tesouro e o exército sob o seu controle direto.
[6] ANNOUSSAMY (2001:65) fala sobre os panchayats:
A Justiça era concebida como uma função divina cumprida pelo rei ou seus delegados. Paralelamente havia em cada vila um Tribunal ao qual as partes submetiam tradicionalmente suas lides. As apelações ao rei eram raras. Essas instâncias tradicionais continuam ainda a funcionar se bem que desprovidas de reconhecimento oficial. Elas compreendem em geral cinco habitantes importantes da vila e são chamadas, por essa razão, panchayatas... Elas se renovam por via de admissão porém sob condição de aprovação tácita dos habitantes. A colonização, depois a urbanização, e os meios modernos de transporte diminuíram sua importância, mas elas desempenham ainda um papel importante em determinadas localidades. Nessas localidades adota-se um ponto de honra em não apresentar nenhuma demanda nos tribunais oficiais; essas vilas são cada vez mais raras, é verdade. Mas, no conjunto, os Tribunais tradicionais tratam ainda de um número considerável de processos de pessoas simples, algumas vezes até de processos criminais.
A forma de operar desses Tribunaisadota o ideal de justiça presente no espírito da população. É uma concepção que vem de priscas eras. É difícil dizer exatamente como funcionavam esses tribunais antigamente. O que se pode afirmar é que deveriam existir variações conforme a localidade e a época, mas determinados pontos comuns deveriam existir em todas as localidades e épocas. Pode-se Ter uma idéia disso através das referências literárias e contos.
[7] Leis federais em vigor (em inglês) :
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
Name of the Act Year Act No
Absorbed Areas (Laws) Act 1954
Acquired Territories (Merger) Act 1960
Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act 1993
Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act 1957
Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act 1978
Additional Emoluments (Compulsory Deposit) Act 1974
Administration of Evacuee Property Act 1950
Administrative Tribunals Act 1985
Administrative Tribunal (Amendment) Act 1986
Administrators-General Act 1963
Advocates Act 1961
Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act 2001
African Development Bank Act 1983
African Development Fund Act 1982
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Cess Act, 1985 1986
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export 1986
Development Authority Act, 1985
Agricultural Produce Cess Act 1940
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 1937
Agriculturists' Loans Act 1884
Aircraft Act 1934
Airports Authority of India Act 1994
Air Corporations (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act 1994
Air Force Act 1950
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act 1987
Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act 1950
Alcock Ashdown Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings Act 1973
Aligarh Muslim University Act 1920
All-India Council for Technical Education Act 1987
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Act 1956
All-India Services Act 1951
All-India Services Regulations (Indemnity) Act 1975
Aluminium Corporation of India Limited Acquisition and Transfer of 1984
Aluminium Undertaking Act
Amending Act 1897
Amending Act 1901
Amending Act 1903
Amritsar Oil Works (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1982
Anand Marriage Act 1909
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1958
Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904
Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1959
Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act 1968
Andhra Scientific Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1982 71 Undertakings) Act
Andhra State Act 1953
Anti-Apartheid (United Nations Convention) Act 1981
Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act 1967
Anti-Hijacking Act 1982
Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972
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Apprentices Act 1961
Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996
Architects Act 1972
Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act 1947
Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act 1990
Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special Powers Act 1983
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958
Arms Act 1959
Army Act 1950
Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act 1950
Arya Marriage Validation Act 1937
Asian Development Bank Act 1966
Asian Refractories Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act 1971
Asiatic Society Act 1984
Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1951
Assam Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act 1934
Assam Municipal (Manipur Amendment) Act 1961
Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act 1969
Assam Rifles Act 1941
Assam Sillimanite Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Refractory Plant) Act 1976
Assam University Act 1989
Atomic Energy Act 1962
Auroville Foundation Act 1988
Authoritative Texts (Central Laws) Act 1973
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Act 1994
Banaras Hindu University Act 1915
Bangalore Marriages Validating Act 1936
Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1891
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1970
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980
Banking Laws (Application to Co-operative Societies) Act 1965
Banking Laws (Amendment) Act 1985
Banking Regulation Act 1949
Banking Service Commission Act 1984
Bar Councils (Validation of State Laws) Act 1956
Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act 1966
Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Amendment Act 1993
Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act 1976
Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act 1976
Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988
Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act 1887
Bengal Alluvion and Diluvion Act 1847
Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and Assam Laws Act 1912
Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1838
Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1854
Bengal Chaukidari Act 1856
Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Limited (Acquisition and 1980
Transfer of Undertakings) Act
Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act 1925 . .
Bengal Districts Act 1836
Bengal Embankment Act 1855
Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi Validation of Appointments and 1971 20 Proceedings) Act
Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act 1859
Bengal Immunity Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1984 57 Undertakings) Act
Bengal Indigo Contracts Act 1836
Bengal Land Holders' Attendance Act 1848
Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act 1841
Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act 1859
Bengal Military Police Act 1892
Bengal Rent Act 1859
Bengal Suppression of Terrorist Outrages (Supplementary) Act 1932
Bengal Tenancy Act 1885
Berar Laws Act 1941
Betwa River Board (Amendment) Act 1993
Betwa River Board Act 1976
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 1988 44 (Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act
Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act 1985
Bihar Land Reforms Laws (Regulating Mines and Minerals) Validation Act 1969
Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 2000
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1968
Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act 1956
Bikrama Singh's Estates Act 1883
Bird and Company Limited (Acquisition and 1980 67 Transfer of Undertakings and Other Properties) Act
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1886
Bolani Ores Limited (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1978
Bombay Civil Courts Act 1869
Bombay Municipal Debentures Act 1876
Bombay Public Security Measures (Delhi Amendment) Act 1948
Bombay Rent-free Estates Act 1852
Bombay Reorganisation Act 1960
Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act 1876
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976
Border Security Force Act 1968
Boundaries 1847
Boundary-marks, Bombay 1846
Brahmaputra Board Act 1980
Braithwaite and Company (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1976 96 Undertakings) Act
Brentford Electric (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1987 36 Undertakings) Act
Britannia Engineering Company Limited (Mokameh Unit) and the Arthur 1978
Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
British India Corporation Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1981
British Statutes (Application to India) Repeal Act 1960
Broach and Kaira Incumbered Estates Act 1877
Bronze Coin (Legal Tender) Act 1918
Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment 1996 27 and Conditions of Service) Act
Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act 1996
Bureau of Indian Standards Act 1986
Burmah Oil Company [Acquisition of Shares of Oil India Limited and of the 1981 41 Undertakings in India of Assam Oil Company Limited and the Burmah Oil Company (India Trading) Limited] Act
Burmah Shell (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act 1976
Burn Company and Indian Standard Wagon Company (Nationalisation) Act 1976
Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995
Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act 1953
Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act 1919
Calcutta Land-revenue Act 1850
Calcutta Land-revenue Act 1856
Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary 1985 10 Provisions Act
Calcutta Pilots Act 1859
Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act 1948
Caltex [Acquisition of Shares of Caltex Oil Refining (India) Limited and 1977 17 of the Undertakings in India of Caltex (India) Limited] Act
Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act 1957
Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act 1923
Cantonments Act 1924
Capital of Punjab Development and Regulation (Chandigarh Amendment) Act 1973
Cardamom Act 1965
Carriage by Air Act 1972
Carriers Act 1865
Caste Disabilities Removal Act 1850
Cattle-trespass Act 1871
Census Act 1948
Central Agricultural University Act 1992
Central Board of Revenue Act 1963
Central Duties of Excise (Retrospective Exemption Act 1986
Central Excise Act 1944
Central Excises and Salt (Amendment) Act 1985
Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 1986
Central Excises (Conversion to Metric Units) Act 1960
Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act 1999
Central Industrial Security Force Act 1968
Central Labour Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1970
Central Laws (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) Act 1993
Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1968
Central Provinces Court of Wards Act 1899
Central Provinces Financial Commissioner's Act 1908
Central Provinces Land-revenue Act 1881
Central Provinces Laws Act 1875
Central Provinces Tenancy Act 1898
Central Road Fund Act 2000
Central Reserve Police Force Act 1949
Central Sales Tax (Amendment) Act 1969
Central Sales Tax Act 1956
Central Silk Board Act 1948
Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals (Validation) Act 1992
Chandernagore (Merger) Act 1954
Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987 1988
Chandigarh Disturbed Areas Act 1983
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Chaparmukh Silghat Railway Line and the Katakhal Lalabazar Railway Line 1982 36 (Nationalisation) Act
Charitable Endowments Act 1890
Charitable and Religious Trusts Act 1920
Chartered Accountants Act 1949
Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 2000
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986
Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929
Children (Pledging of Labour) Act 1933
Chit Funds Act 1982
Chota Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act 1876
Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act 1899
Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1975
Cinematograph Act 1918
Cinematograph Act 1952
Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1981
Cine-Workers Welfare Cess Act 1981
Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act 1981
Citizenship Act 1955
City of Bombay Municipal (Supplementary) Act 1888
Civil Defence Act 1968
Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act 1957
Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Amendment and 1971 54 Validation Act
Coal India (Regulation of Transfers and Validation) Act 2000
Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act 1974
Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act 1973
Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Repeal) Act 1986
Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948
Coal Mines (Taking Over of Management) Act 1973
Coast Guard Act 1978
Coasting Vessels Act 1838
Coconut Development Board Act 1979
Code of Civil Procedure 1908
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 1974
Coffee Act 1942
Coinage Act 1906
Coir Industry Act 1953
Coking Coal Mines (Emergency Provisions) Act 1971
Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act 1972
Collection of Statistics Act 1953
Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act 1891
Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act 1955
Commercial Documents Evidence Act 1939
Commissions of Inquiry Act 1952
Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 1988
Companies Act 1956
Companies (Amendment) Act 1988
Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act 1951
Companies (Profits) Surtax Act 1964
Company Secretaries Act 1980
Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of 1971 56 Service) Act
Compulsory Deposit Scheme Act 1963
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of 1974 52 Smuggling Activities Act
Consumer Protection Act 1986
Contempt of Courts Act 1971
Contingency Fund of India Act 1950
Continuance of Legal Proceedings Act 1948
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970
Converts' Marriage Dissolution Act 1866
Cooch-Behar (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1950
Co-operative Societies Act 1912
Copyright Act 1957
Coroners Act 1871
Cost and Works Accountants Act 1959
Cotton Copra and Vegetable Oils Cess (Abolition) Act 1987
Countess of Dufferin's Fund Act 1957
Court-fees Act 1870
Court-fees (Delhi Amendment) Act 1967
Criminal and Election Laws Amendment Act 1969
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1932
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1938
Criminal Law Amendment Act 1961
Customs Act 1962
Customs (Amendment) Act 1985
Customs and Central Excises Laws (Amendment) Act 1988
Customs and Excise Revenues Appellate Tribunal Act 1986
Customs Duties and Cesses (Conversion to Metric Units) Act 1960
Customs Tariff Act 1975
Cutchi Memons Act 1938
Dadra and Nagar Haveli Act 1961
Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act 1964
Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1981
Damodar Valley Corporation Act 1948
Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act 1983
Decrees and Orders Validating Act 1936
Dehra Dun 1871
Dekkhan Agriculturists Relief Act 1879
Delhi Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act 1976
Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act 1948
Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act 1952
Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Centonment Repeal) Act 1968
Delhi Apartment Ownership Act 1986
Delhi Co-operative Societies Act 1972
Delhi Delegation of Powers Act 1964
Delhi Development Act 1957
Delhi Development Authority (Validation of Disciplinary Powers) Act, 1998 1999
Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act 1986
Delhi High Court Act 1966
Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act 1980
Delhi Hotels (Control of Accommodation) Act 1949
Delhi Land Holdings (Ceiling) Act 1960
Delhi Lands (Restriction on Transfer) Act 1972
Delhi Laws Act 1912
Delhi Laws Act 1915
Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1962
Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957
Delhi Municipal Corporation (Validation of Electricity Tax) Act 1966
Delhi Police Act 1978
Delhi Primary Education Act 1960
Delhi Rent Act 1995
Delhi Rent Control Act 1958
Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act 1941
Delhi Road Transport Laws (Amendment) Act 1971
Delhi Sales Tax Act 1975
Delhi Sales Tax (Amendment and Validation) Act 1976
Delhi School Education Act 1973
Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act 1971
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946
Delhi University Act 1922
Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants' Relief Act 1961
Delhi Urban Art Commission Act, 1973 1974
Delimitation Act 1972
Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 1954
Dentists Act 1948
Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and 1972 18 Production of Documents) Act
Departmentalisation of Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Act 1976
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act 1961
Deposit Insurance Corporation (Amendment and Miscellaneous 1978 21 Provisions) Act
Depositories Act 1996
Designs Act 2000
Destruction of Records Act 1917
Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1914
Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment and Validation) Act 1992
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act 1948
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) (Extension to Jammu 1973 02 and Kashmir) Act
Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act 1972
Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act 1989
Direct-Tax Laws (Miscellaneous) Repeal Act 2000
Displaced Persons (Claims) Supplementary Act 1954
Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act 1954
Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act 1951
Disputed Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Act 1977
Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939
Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act 1976
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1948
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act 1997
Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act 1986
Dourine Act 1910
Dowry Prohibition Act 1961
Dramatic Performances Act 1876
Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940
Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954
Drugs (Control) Act 1950
Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act 1955
Easements (Extending Act 5 of 1882) 1891
East-Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Extension to Chandigarh) Act 1974
Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act 1974
Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners 1991 11 and Transaction of Business) Act
Election Laws (Extension to Sikkim) Act 1976
Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1998
Electricity (Supply) Act 1948
Elephants' Preservation Act 1879
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Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950
Emigration Act 1983
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act 1988
Employees' State Insurance Act 1948
Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Act 1989
Employers' Liability Act 1938
Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act 1959
Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines 1993 46 (Prohibition) Act
Enemy Property Act 1968
Energy Conservation Act 2001
Environment (Protection) Act 1986
Epidemic Diseases Act 1897
Equal Remuneration Act 1976
Essential Commodities Act 1955
Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act 1980
Esso (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act 1974
Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act 1951
Exchange of Prisoners Act 1948
Excise (Malt Liquors) Act 1890
Excise (Spirits) Act 1863
Expenditure-tax Act 1987
Explosive Substances Act 1908
Explosives Act 1884
Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981
Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act 1963
Extradition Act 1962
Factories Act 1948
Family Courts Act 1984
Faridabad Development Corporation Act 1956
Fatal Accidents Act 1855
Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1951
Food Corporations Act 1964
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976
Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999
Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1947
Foreign Marriage Act 1969
Foreign Recruiting Act 1874
Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act 1992
Foreigners Act 1946
Foreigners Law (Application and Amendment) Act 1962
Forest (Conservation) Act 1980
Forfeited Deposits Act 1850
Former Secretary of State Service Officers (Conditions of Service) Act 1972
Fort William Act 1881
Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act 1952
Futwah-Islampur Light Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act 1985
Ganesh Flour Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1984 16 Undertakings) Act
Ganges Tolls 1867
General Clauses Act 1897
General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act 1972
General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act 1985
Geneva Conventions Act 1960
Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999
Gift-tax Act 1958
Glanders and Farcy Act 1899
Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees) Act 1965
Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act 1962
Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Code of Civil Procedure and the 1965 30 Arbitration Act) Act
Goa, Daman and Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition and Declaration as 1987 16 Mining Leases) Act
Goa, Daman and Diu (Opinion Poll) Act 1966
Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act 1987
Gold Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act 1993
Government Buildings Act 1899
Government Grants Act 1895
Government Management of Private Estates Act 1892
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 1992
Government of Union Territories Act 1963
Government Savings Banks Act 1873
Government Savings Certificates Act 1959
Government Seal Act 1862
Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Act 1982
Gresham and Craven of India (Private) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1977 42 Undertakings) Act
Guardians and Wards Act 1890
Hackney-carriage Act 1879
Haj Committee Act 1959
Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act 1985
Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act 1970
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1979
High Court and Bombay (Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa, Daman and 1981 26 Diu) Act
High Court at Patna (Establishment of a Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act 1976
High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act 1954
High Courts (Seals) Act 1950
High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act 1978
Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act 1954
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Constitution and Proceedings) 1958 56 Validation Act
Hind Cycles Limited and Sen-Raleigh Limited (Nationalisation) Act 1980
Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Act 1962
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956
Hindu Disposition of Property Act 1916
Hindu Gains of Learning Act 1930
Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act 1928
Hindu Marriage Act 1955
Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act 1960
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956
Hindu Succession Act 1956
Hindustan Tractors Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1978
Hire-Purchase Act 1972
Homoeopathy Central Council Act 1973
Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition and 1984 55 Transfer of Undertakings) Act
Hotel-Receipts Tax Act 1980
Howrah Offences Act 1857
Identification of Prisoners Act 1920
Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act 1983
Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act 2000
Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act 1950
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956 104
Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act 1948
Imperial Library (Indentures Validation) Act 1902
Improvements in Towns 1850
Inchek Tyres Limited and National Rubber Manufacturers Limited 1984 17 (Nationalisation) Act
Income-tax Act 1961
Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986
Indian Bar Councils Act 1926
Indian Bills of Lading Act 1856
Indian Boilers Act 1923
Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1925
Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872
Indian Council of World Affairs Act 2001
Indian Contract Act 1872
Indian Copper Corporation (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act 1972
Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act 1908
Indian Divorce Act 1869
Indian Easements Act 1882
Indian Electricity Act 1910
Indian Evidence Act 1872
Indian Fisheries Act 1897
Indian Forest Act 1927
Indian Independence Pakistan Courts (Pending Proceedings) Act 1952
Indian Iron and Steel Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1976
Indian Law Reports Act 1875
Indian Majority Act 1875
Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act 1948
Indian Medical Council Act 1956 102
Indian Medical Degrees Act 1916
Indian Medicine Central Council Act 1970
Indian Museum Act 1910
Indian Naval Armament Act 1923
Indian Nursing Council Act 1947
Indian Partnership Act 1932
Indian Penal Code 1860
Indian Ports Act 1908
Indian Post Office Act 1898
Indian Railway Board Act 1905
Indian Red Cross Society Act 1920
Indian Reserve Forces Act 1888
Indian Rifles Act 1920
Indian Securities Act 1920
Indian Short Titles Act 1897
Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act 1925
Indian Stamp Act 1899
Indian Statistical Institute Act 1959
Indian Succession Act 1925
Indian Telegraph Act 1885
Indian Tolls Act 1851
Indian Tolls Act 1888
Indian Tolls Act 1864
Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act 1901
Indian Tramways Act 1886
Indian Tramways Act 1902
Indian Treasure-trove Act 1878
Indian Trusts Act 1882
Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984
Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act 1933
Indira Gandhi National Open University Act 1985
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act 1992
Industrial Development Bank of India Act 1964
Industrial Disputes Act 1947
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Industrial Disputes (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956
Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act 1949
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946
Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1993
Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1997
Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India Act 1984
Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951
Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and 1992
Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act
Inflammable Substances Act 1952
Information Technology Act 2000
Inland Vessels Act 1917
Inland Waterways Authority of India Act 1985
Insecticides Act 1968
Institutes of Technology Act 1961
Insurance Act 1938
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act 1999
Intelligence Organisations (Restriction on Rights) Act 1985
Interest Act 1978
Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Scale and Ancillary Industrial Undertakings Act 1993
Interest-tax Act 1974
International Development Association (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act 1960
International Finance Corporation (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act 1958
International Monetary Fund and Bank Act 1945
Inter-State Corporation Act 1957
Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions 1979 30 of Service) Act
Inter-State Water Disputes Act 1956
Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare 1976 55 Cess Act
Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare 1976 61 Fund Act
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act 1951
Jamia Millia Islamia Act 1988
Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act 1956
Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Supplementary) Act 1968
Jawaharlal Nehru University Act 1966
Jayanti Shipping Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1971
Jubbalpore and Chhattisgarh Divisions (Divorce Proceedings Validation) Act 1935
Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968
Judges (Protection) Act 1985
Judicial Officers Protection Act 1850
Junagarh Administration (Property) Act 1948
Jute Companies (Nationalisation) Act 1980
Jute Manufacturers Cess Act 1983
Jute Manufacturers Development Council Act 1983
Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act 1987
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Chiuldren) Act 2000
Kalakshetra Foundation Act, 1993 1994
Kazis Act 1880
Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act 1950
Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act 1956
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Act 1969
King of Oudh's Estate Act 1887
King of Oudh's Estate Act 1888
King of Oudh's Estate Validation Act 1917
Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Act 1973
Kosangas Company (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act 1979
Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers 1988 51 by certain Establishments) Act
Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital (Acquisition and Miscellaneous 1977 34 Provisions) Act
Lalitkala Akademi (Taking Over of Management) Act 1997
Land Acquisition Act 1894
Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 1962
Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act 1967
Land Acquisition (Mines) Act 1885
Land Improvement Loans Act 1883
Laws Local Extent Act 1874
Laxmirattan and Atherton West Cotton Mills (Taking over of Management)Act 1976
Leaders of Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament 1999 (Facilities) Act, 1998
Legal Practitioners Act 1879
Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act 1926
Legal Practitioners (Women) Act 1923
Legal Representatives' Suits Act 1855
Legal Services Authorities Act 1987
Legal Tender (Inscribed Notes) Act 1964
Legislative Assembly of Nagaland (Change in Representation) Act 1968
Legislative Councils Act 1957
Lepers Act 1898
Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act 1976
Life Insurance Corporation Act 1956
Life Insurance Corporation (Modification of Settlement) Act 1976
Light House Act 1927
Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act 1972
Limitation Act 1963
Live-stock Importation Act 1898
Local Authorities Loans Act 1914
Local Authorities Pensions and Gratuities Act 1919
Lok Sahayak Sena Act 1956
Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998
Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act 1954
Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000
Madras, Bengal and Bombay Children (Supplementary) Act 1925
Madras City Civil Court Act 1892
Madras City Land Revenue Act 1851
Madras Civil Courts Act 1873
Madras Compulsory Labour Act 1858
Madras District Police Act 1859
Madras Forest (Validation) Act 1882
Madras Public Property Malversation Act 1837
Madras Rent and Revenue Sales Act 1839
Madras Revenue Commissioner Act 1849
Madras Uncovenated Officers' Act 1857
Mahatama Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1996 1997
Mahendra Pratap Singh Estate (Repeal) Act 1960
Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act 1921
Major Port Trusts Act 1963
Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act 1949
Manipur and Tripura (Repeal of Laws) Act 1958
Manipur (Courts) Act 1955
Manipur (Hill Areas District Council) Act 1971
Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960
Manipur Municipalities Act 1994
Manipur Panchayati Raj Act 1994
Manipur (Sales of Motor Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act 1962
Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act 1956
Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act 1938
Marine Insurance Act 1963
Marine Products Export Development Authority Act 1972
Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act 1981
Marking of Heavy Packages Act 1951
Marriages Validation Act 1892
Married Women's Property Act 1874
Married Women's Property (Extension) Act 1959
Maruti Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980
Maternity Benefit Act 1961
Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act, 1996 1997
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971
Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act 1955
Mental Health Act 1987
Merchant Shipping Act 1958
Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1986
Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1987
Merged States (Laws) Act 1949
Metal Corporation (Nationalisation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 100
Metal Tokens Act 1889
Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act 1978
Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act 1946
Mineral Oils (Additional Duties of Excise and Customs) Act 1958
Mines Act 1952
Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act 1957
Minimum Wages Act 1948
Mirzapur Stone Mahal Act 1886
Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act 1959
Mizoram University Act 2000
Mogul Line Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1984
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1969
Motor Transport Workers Act 1961
Motor Vehicles Act 1988
Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act 1993
Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act 1984
Municipal Taxation Act 1881
Murshidabad Act 1891
Murshidabad Estate Administration Act 1933
Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1937
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Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986
Mussalman Wakf Act 1923
Mussalman Wakf Validating Act 1913
Mussalman Wakf Validating Act 1930
Mysore State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act 1971
Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act 1957
Nagaland University Act 1989
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981
National Cadet Corps Act 1948
National Capital Region Planning Board Act 1985
National Commission for Backward Classes Act 1993
National Commission for Minorities Act 1992
National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act 1993
National Commission for Women Act 1990
National Company (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980
National Co-operative Development Corporation Act 1962
National Council for Teacher Education Act 1993
National Dairy Development Board Act 1987
National Environment Appellate Authority Act 1997
National Environment Tribunal Act 1995
National Highways Act 1956
National Highways Authority of India Act 1988
National Housing Bank Act 1987
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act 1998
National Library of India Act 1976
National Oil Seeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board Act 1983
National Security Act 1980
National Security Guard Act 1986
National Service Act 1972
National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, the National Hydro-Electric 1993 24 Power Corporation Limited and the North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission Systems) Act
National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, 1999 44 Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act
National Waterway (Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the 1982 49 Ganga-Bhagirathi, Hooghly River) Act
National Waterway (Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch of 1992 25 West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals) Act
National Waterway (Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of the Brahmaputra River) Act 1988
Naval and Aircraft Prize Act 1971
Navy Act 1957
Negotiable Instruments Act 1881
New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994
Newspaper (Price and Page) Act 1956
Newspaper (Price and Page Continuance) Act 1961
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (Acquisition 1994 56 and Transfer of Power Transmission System) Act
North-Eastern Area (Reorganisation) Act 1971
North-Eastern Council Act 1971
North-Eastern Hill University Act 1973
North-Eastern Provinces Village and Road Police Act 1873
Northern India Canal and Drainage Act 1873
Northern India Ferries Act 1878
Notaries Act 1952
Oaths Act 1969
Obstructions in Fairways Act 1881
Official Languages Act 1963
Official Secrets Act 1923
Official Trustees Act 1913
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1993
Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Act 1948
Oil Industry (Development) Act 1974
Opium and Revenue Laws (Extension of Application) Act 1950
Oriental Gas Company 1857
Oriental Gas Company 1867
Orissa Weights and Measures (Delhi Repeal) Act 1958
Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act 1960
Oudh Estates Act 1869
Oudh Laws Act 1876
Oudh Sub-settlement Act 1866
Oudh Taluqdars' Relief Act 1870
Oudh Wasikas Act 1886
Parel Investment and Trading Private Limited and Domestic Gas Private 1979 29 Limited (Taking Over of Management) Act
Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959
Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act 1977
Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936
Part B States (Laws) Act 1951
Part B States Marriages Validating Act 1952
Part C States Miscellaneous Laws (Repealing) Act 1951
Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Repeal Act 1976
Partition Act 1893
Partition of Revenue-paying Estates 1863
Passport (Entry into India) Act 1920
Passports Act 1967
Patents Act 1970
Payment of Bonus Act 1965
Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act 1987
Payment of Gratuity Act 1972
Payment of Wages Act 1936
Pensions Act 1871
Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act 1963
Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full 1996
Participation) Act, 1995
Petroleum Act 1934
Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act 1962
Petroleum (Berar Extension) Act 1937
Pharmacy Act 1948
Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991
Plantations Labour Act 1951
Poisons Act 1919
Police Act 1861
Police Act 1888
Police Act 1949
Police, Agra 1854
Police Forces (Restriction of Rights) Act 1966
Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act 1922
Pondicherry (Administration) Act 1962
Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act 1968
Pondicherry University Act 1985
Porahat Estate Act 1893
Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act 1966
Post Office Cash Certificates Act 1917
Powers-of-Attorney Act 1882
Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act 1990
Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividend) Act 1960
Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act 1994
Presidency Small Cause Courts Act 1882
Presidency-towns Insolvency Act 1909
President (Discharge of Functions) Act 1969
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act 1952
President's Emoluments and Pension Act 1951
Press and Registration of Books Act 1867
Press Council Act 1978
Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential 1980 07 Commodities Act
Prevention of Corruption Act 1988
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960
Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954
Prevention of Food Adulteration (Extension to 1972 24 Kohima and Mokokchung Districts) Act
Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1988
Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971
Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1911
Prisoners Act 1900
Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act 1955
Prisons Act 1894
Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act 1978
Prize Competitions Act 1955
Probation of Offenders Act 1958
Produce Cess Act 1966
Professions Tax Limitation (Amendment and Validation) Act 1949
Promissory Notes (Stamp) Act 1926
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955
Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 1994
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act 2001
Provident Funds Act 1925
Provincial Insolvency Act 1920
Provincial Small Cause Courts Act 1887
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1931
Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act 1996
Public Accountants' Defaults Act 1850
Public Debt Act 1944
Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Act 1957
Public Financial Institutions (Obligation as to Fidelity and Secrecy) Act 1983
Public Gambling Act 1867
Public Liability Insurance Act 1991
Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act 1971
Public Provident Fund Act 1968
Public Records Act 1993
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Public Sector Iron and Steel Companies (Restructuring) and Miscellaneous 1978
Provisions Act
Public Servants (Inquiries) Act 1850
Public Suits Validation Act 1932
Public Wakfs (Extension of Limitation) Act 1959
Punjab District Boards Act 1883
Punjab Disturbed Areas Act 1983
Punjab Excise (Delhi Amendment) Act 1979
Punjab Gram Panchayat, Samities and Zilla Parishad (Chandigarh Repeal) Act 1994
Punjab Land Revenue Act 1887
Punjab Laws Act 1872
Punjab Legislative Council (Abolition) Act 1969
Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act 1994
Punjab Pre-emption (Chandigarh and Delhi Repeal) Act 1989
Punjab Reorganisation Act 1966
Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act 1984
Punjab Tenancy Act 1887
Railway Claims Tribunal Act 1987
Railway Companies (Emergency Provisions) Act 1951
Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1966
Railway Protection Force Act 1957
Railway Protection Force (Amendment) Act 1985
Railways Act 1989
Railways Employment of Members of the Armed Forces Act 1965
Railways (Local Authorities' Taxation) Act 1941
Raipur and Khattra Laws Act 1879
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act 1959
Rajghat Samadhi Act 1951
Rampur Raza Library Act 1975
Reciprocity Act 1943
Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act 1993
Red Cross Society (Allocation of Property) Act 1936
Reformatory Schools Act 1897
Refugee Relief Taxes (Abolition) Act 1973
Regional Rural Banks Act 1976
Registration Act 1908
Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969
Registration of Foreigners Act 1939
Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992
Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act 1948
Religious Endowments Act 1863
Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act 1988
Religious Societies Act 1880
Remittances of Foreign Exchange and Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds 1991 41 (Immunities and Exemptions) Act
Rent Recovery Act 1853
Representation of the People Act 1950
Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1989
Representation of the People Act 1951
Representation of the People (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956
Requisitioned Land (Apportionment of Compensation) Act 1949
Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act 1952
Research and Development Cess Act 1986
Reserve Bank (Transfer of Public Ownership) Act 1948
Reserve Bank of India Act 1934
Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953
Reserve and Auxiliary Air Forces Act 1952
Resettlement of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisition) Act 1948
Revenue, Bombay 1842
Revenue Commissioners, Bombay 1842
Revenue Recovery Act 1890
Richardson and Cruddas Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Under- 1972 78 takings) Act
River Boards Act 1956
Road Transport Corporations Act 1950
Rubber Act 1947
SAARC Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act 1993
Salar Jung Museum Act 1961
Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act 1954
Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act 1952
Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act 1953
Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act 1977
Sale of Goods Act 1930
Sales of Land for Revenue Arrears 1845
Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act 1976
Sales Tax Laws Validation Act 1956
Salt Cess Act 1953
Sarais Act 1867
Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1951
Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1953
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 1956
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 1976 108
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989
Scheduled Securities (Hyderabad) Act 1949
Seamen's Provident Fund Act 1966
Seaward Artillery Practice Act 1949
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956
Seeds Act 1966
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act 2000
Sheriff of Calcutta (Power of Custody) Act 1931
Sheriffs' Fees Act 1852
Shillong (Rifle Range and Umlong) Cantonments Assimilation of Laws Act 1954
Shipping Development Fund Committee (Abolition) Act 1986
Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act 1853
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 1986
Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act 1974
Sick Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act 1972
Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act 1925
Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit Act 1893
Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy Act 1915
Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act 1956
Small Coins (Offences) Act 1971
Small Industries Development Bank of India Act 1989
Smith, Stainstreet and Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1977 41 Undertakings) Act
Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1976
Societies Registration Act 1860
Sonthal Parganas Act 1855
Sonthal Parganas Act 1857
Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act 1992
Special Criminal Courts (Jurisdiction) Act 1950
Special Marriage Act 1954
Special Protection Group Act 1988
Special Tribunals (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1946
Specific Relief Act 1963
Spices Board Act 1986
Spices Cess Act 1986
Spirituous Preparation (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control Act 1955
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, 1980 52 Trivandrum Act
St. John Ambulance Association (India) Transfer of Funds Act 1956
Stage-Carriages Act 1861
Standards of Weights and Measures Act 1976
Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act 1985
Standards of Weights and Measures (Extension to Kohima and Mokokchung 1967 25 Districts) Act
State Acquisition of Lands for Union Purposes (Validation) Act 1954
State Agricultural Credit Corporation Act 1968
State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act 1952
State Associated Banks (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1962
State Bank of Hyderabad Act 1956
State Bank of India Act 1955
State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act 1959
State Bank of Sikkim (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous 1982 62 Provisions Act
State Financial Corporations Act 1951
State of Arunachal Pradesh Act 1986
State of Himachal Pradesh Act 1970
State of Mizoram Act 1986
State of Nagaland Act 1962
States Reorganisation Act 1956
Sugar-cane Act 1934
Sugar Cess Act 1982
Sugar Development Fund Act 1982
Sugar Export Promotion Act 1958
Sugar (Regulation of Production) Act 1961
Sugar (Special Excise Duty) Act 1959
Sugar Undertaking (Taking over of Management) Act 1978
Suits Valuation Act 1887
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act 1982
Supreme Court Advocates (Practice in High Courts) Act 1951
Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act 1970
Supreme Court Judges ( Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act 1958
Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act 1956
Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1986 30 Undertakings) Act
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Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service Co-operative Societies (Appointment of 1988 22 Special Officers) Amendment Act
Taxation Laws (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965
Taxation Laws (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1986
Taxation Laws (Continuation and Validation of Recovery Proceedings) Act 1964
Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1954
Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1972
Tea Act 1953
Tea Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Sick Tea Units) Act 1985
Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Act 1970
Technology Development Board Act 1995
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997
Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act 1950
Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Act 1956
Territorial Army Act 1948
Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other 1976 80 Maritime Zones Act
Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts) Act 1984
Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act 1995
Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act 1983
Textiles Committee Act 1963
Tezpur University Act 1993
Tobacco Board Act 1975
Tobacco Cess Act 1975
Tobacco Duty (Town of Bombay) Act 1857
Tokyo Convention Act 1975
Trade Marks Act 1999
Trade Unions Act 1926
Trading with the Enemy (Continuance of Emergency Provisions) Act 1947
Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act 1954
Transfer of Prisoners Act 1950
Transfer of Property Act 1882
Transfer of Property (Amendment) Supplementary Act 1929
Transformer and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1983 41 Undertakings) Act
Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994
Travancore-Cochin Vehicles Taxation (Amendment and Validation) Act 1959
Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960
Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act 1979
Union Duties of Excise (Electricity Distribution) Act 1980
Union Territories (Direct Election to the House of the People) Act 1965
Union Territories (Laws) Act 1950
Union Territories (Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions) Act 1969
Union Territories (Stamp and Court-fees Laws) Act 1961
Unit Trust of India Act 1963
United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1947
United Nations (Security Council) Act 1947
United Provinces Act 1890
University Grants Commission Act 1956
University of Hyderabad Act 1974
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967
Untouchability (Offences) Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision Act 1976 106
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act 1976
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act 1999
Usurious Loans Act 1918
Usury Laws Repeal Act 1855
Uttar Pradesh Cantonments (Control of Rent and Eviction) Repeal Act 1971
Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000
Vice-President's Pension Act 1997
Victoria Memorial Act 1903
Visva-Bharati Act 1951
Voluntary Surrender of Salaries (Exemption from Taxation) Act 1961
Wakf Act 1995
War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act 1943
Warehousing Corporations Act 1962
Warehousing Corporations (Supplementary) Act 1965
Waste-Lands (Claims) Act 1863
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act 1977
Wealth-tax Act 1957
Weekly Holidays Act 1942
West Godavari District (Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act 1949
White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act 1913
Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act 1912
Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972
Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 1991
Women's and Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act 1956 105
Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) 1955 45 and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act 1958
Workmen's Compensation Act 1923
Works of Defence Act 1903
Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1956
[8] Commonwealth (Comunidade Britânica)
Com sede em Londres, a Comunidade Britânica (Commonwealth) é uma associação de 54 países, totalizando cerca de um quarto da população mundial. É formada pelo Reino Unido e a maioria de suas ex-colônias, que optaram por manter laços de cooperação. Por meio de órgãos específicos, a Comunidade oferece ajuda técnica e científica aos membros mais pobres em áreas como agricultura, energia, indústria e infra-estrutura. Desde 1990, monitora eleições a pedido dos governos nacionais e desenvolve programas de gerenciamento dos pleitos.
Embora independentes do Reino Unido, todas as nações aceitam a rainha inglesa Elizabeth II como chefe simbólica da Comunidade Britânica. Ela é, também, a chefe de Estado do Reino Unido e de 15 dos 22 países cujo sistema político é a Monarquia. Nesses casos é representada por um governador-geral, cuja escolha é feita por ela, mas aconselhada pelo primeiro-ministro do país, como ocorre na Austrália, na Jamaica e no Canadá. Em outras cinco monarquias da Comunidade - Brunei, Lesoto, Malásia, Suazilândia e Tonga -, o rei acumula as funções de chefe de Estado e de governo. Em Samoa, o chefe de Estado é vitalício, existindo também um primeiro ministro. A República é adotada como forma de governo em 32 países.
Membros - África do Sul (reingresso em 1994); Antígua e Barbuda (1981); Austrália (1931); Bahamas (1973); Bangladesh (1972); Barbados (1966); Belize (1981); Botsuana (1966); Brunei (1984); Camarões (1995); Canadá (1931); Chipre (1961); Cingapura (1965); Dominica (1978); Fiji (reingresso em 1997); Gâmbia (1965); Gana (1957); Granada (1974); Guiana (1966); Ilhas Salomão (1978); Índia (1947); Jamaica (1962); Kiribati (1979); Lesoto (1966); Malauí (1964); Malásia (1957); Maldivas (1982); Malta (1964); Maurício (1968); Moçambique (1995); Namíbia (1990); Nauru (1968); Nigéria (1960); Nova Zelândia (1931); Papua Nova Guiné (1975); Paquistão (reingresso em 1989); Quênia (1963); Reino Unido (1931); Samoa (1970); Santa Lúcia (1979); São Cristóvão e Névis (1983); São Vicente e Granadinas (1979); Seicheles (1976); Serra Leoa (1961); Sri Lanka (1948); Suazilândia (1968); Tanzânia (1961); Tonga (1970); Trinidad e Tobago (1962); Tuvalu (1978); Uganda (1962); Vanuatu (1980); Zâmbia (1964); Zimbábue (1980). Tuvalu é membro especial e não participa das reuniões de chefes de governo. Paquistão e Fiji são suspensos dos conselhos da organização, após golpes de Estado em 1999 e 2000, respectivamente.
(Fonte: ALMANAQUE ABRIL 2001)
[9] Prova legal. (dir. prc.): Sistema no qual o valor das provas estava preestabelecido em lei, não tendo o juiz nenhuma liberdade na sua apreciação. Este sistema decorria do receio de arbítrio judicial. Havia então uma hierarquia das provas, ficando o juiz impedido também de admitir provas que a lei não especificasse. V. livre convencimento e prova livre. (Fonte: ENCICLOPÉDIA JURÍDICA LEIB SOIBELMAN)
[10] No endereço http://mha.nic.in/justi.htm, se acham dados (em inglês) sobre as ALTAS CORTES (Justiça Estadual) DA ÍNDIA: (nome da Alta Corte, ano de criação, Estados ou Territórios abrangidos, sede e nome do Presidente da Corte): NAME YEAR TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SEAT CHIEF JUSTICE Allahabad 1866 Uttar Pradesh Allahabad (Bench at Lucknow) M.K. Mitra Andhra Pradesh 1954 Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad M.M.S. Liberhan Bombay 1862 Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu Bombay (Benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad Y.K. Sabharwal Calcutta 1862 West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Calcutta (Circuit Bench at Port Blair) S.K. Mookharjee* Delhi 1966 Delhi Delhi Devinder Gupta* Guwahati** 1948 Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh Guwahati (Benches at Kohima, Aizwal, Imphal, Shillong, Agartala) Brijesh Kumar Gujarat 1960 Gujarat Ahmedabad K.G. Balakrishnan Himachal Pradesh 1971 Himachal Pradesh Shimla Doraiswamy Raju Jammu & Kashmir 1928 Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar & Jammu Bhawani Singh Karnataka*** 1884 Karnataka Bangalore Y. Bhaskar Rao Kerala 1958 Kerala, Lakshadweep Ernakulam G. Rajasekharan* Madhya Pradesh 1956 Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur (Benches at Gwalior and Indore) A.K. Mathur Madras 1862 Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry Chennai M.K. Jain* Orissa 1948 Orissa Cuttack Arijit Pasayat* Patna 1916 Bihar Patna (Bench at Ranchi) B.M. Lal Punjab and Haryana**** 1966 Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Chandigarh Arun B. Saharya Rajasthan 1949 Rajasthan Jodhpur (Bench at Jaipur) S.V. Patil Sikkim 1975 Sikkim Gangtok Ripusudan Dayal * Acting Chief Justice. ** Originally known as Assam High Court, renamed as Guwahati High Court in 1971. *** Originally known as Mysore High Court, renamed as Karnataka High Court in 1973. **** Originally known as Punjab High Court, renamed as Punjab and Haryana High Court in 1966.
[11] ANNOUSSAMY (2001:101-112) trata dos Tribunais para Consumidores num Capítulo separado daquele em que aborda os Tribunais especializados porque, realmente, a defesa dos consumidores vem ganhando força nos últimos anos, esclarecendo o ilustrado doutrinador que esses Tribunais podem ser acionados todas as vezes em que há defeito no objeto comprado ou insuficiência de um serviço contratado. Informa também que a jurisprudência parece revolucionar p Direito tradicional em matéria de venda e de responsabilidade. Fala dos três níveis desses Tribunais, sendo os menos graduados os Fóruns de Distritos, estando acima deles as Comissões dos Estados, e, no topo, a Comissão Nacional, submetida ao controle da Suprema Corte.
[12] Organizações ligadas ao Direito (Law Organizations) (em inglês): - THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF INDIA Chamber Nº 93 Supreme Court Building New Dehli 110001, Índia Fone: (91 11)38.5902 - THE BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA AB/21 Lal Bahadur Shastri Margi Facing Supreme Court Building New Dehli 110001, Índia Fone: (91 11) 38.6845
[13] Faculdades de Direito (Law Schools) (em inglês): 01. AGRA UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Índia 02. AJMER UNIVERISTY - LAW DEPARTMENT Ajmer, Rajasthen, Índia 03. ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Índia 04. ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Allahabad, Índia 05. AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Amravati, Maharashtra, Índia 06. ANDHRA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Waltair, Andhra Pradesh, Índia 07. AWADH UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, Índia 08. BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY - SCHOOL OF LAW Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Índia 09. BAGALORE UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF LAW Bangalore, Karnataka, Índia 10. BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Hoshangabad Road Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Índia 11. BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Berhampur, Orissa, Índia 12. BHAGALPUR UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Bhagalpur, Bihar, Índia 13. BHARATIDASAN UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Palkalai, Perun Tiruchirapalli,Tamil, Índia 14. BHARTIYAR UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Maruthamalai Road Bhartiyar, Índia 15. BHAVANAGAR UNIVERSITY - DEPARTNENT OF LAW Bhavanagar, Gujarat, Índia 16. BIHAR UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Índia 17. BOMBAY UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF LAW MG Road Fort Bombay, Índia 18. BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, Índia 19. BURDWAN UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Burdwan, West Bengal, Índia 20. CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF LAW Calcutta, West Bengal, Índia 21. CALICUT UNIVERSITY - LAW SCHOOL P.O. Calicut, Kerala, Índia 22. GURUNANAK DEV UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Amristsar, Punjab, Índia 23. SHRI KRISHNA DEVARAYA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Shri Venkateswarwpuram Anantapur Andhra Pradesh, Índia 24. DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW P.O. Dibrugarh Assam, Índia 25. RANI DURGAWATI UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Pachpedi – Jabalpur Medhya Pradesh, Índia 26. MAHATMA GHANDHI UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Priyadarshini Hills, P.O. Kerala, Índia 27. GAUHATI UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Gopinath Bordoloi Nagar Assam, Índia 28. DR. HARI SINGH GAUR UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Sagar Madhya Pradesh, Índia 29. GURU GHASIDAS UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Bilaspur Madhya Pradesh, Índia 30. GOA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Borbolim Santa Cruz Goa, Índia 31. GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh, Índia 32. GUJARAT UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Índia 33. GULBARGA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Jnana Ganga, Gulbarga Karnataka, Índia 34. HEMVATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA GARHWAI UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Sri Nagar, Garhwal Uttar Pradesh, Índia 35. INDORE UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Índia 36. JIWAJI UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Gwalior Madhya Pradesh, Índia 37. JODHPUR UNIVERSITY - FACULTY OF LAW Jodhpur Rajasthan, Índia 38. KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Vidyaranyapuri Andhra Pradesh, Índia 39. MADURAI KAMRAJ UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Palkalai Nagar Madurai T.N., Índia 40. KANPUR UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Kalyanpur, Kampur Uttar Pradesh, Índia 41. KARNATAKA UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Pavate Nagar Dharwad Karnataka, Índia 42. KASHMIR UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Hazratbal Srinagar Kashmir, Índia 43. KERALA UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE P.O. Thiruvananthapuram Kerala, Índia 44. KUMAON UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Nainital, Uttar Pradesh, Índia 45. KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Kurukshetra Haryana, Índia 46. KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Vishwaivyanilaya Karya Soudha Karkatana, Índia 47. LUCKNOW UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Badshah Bagh Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, Índia 48. MADRAS UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Centenary Buildings Chepauk Madras Tamil Nadu, Índia 49. MAGADH UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Bodh Gaya Bihar, Índia 50. MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Rohtak Haryana, Índia 51. MANGALORE UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Mangalore Karnataka, Índia 52. MANIPU UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Imphal Manipur, Índia 53. MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Aurangabad Maharashtra, Índia 54. MEERUT UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Meerut Uttar Pradesh, Índia 55. L.N. MITHILA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Kameswaranagar Dhabhanga, Bihar, Índia 56. MYSOR UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Crawford Hall Mysore Karnataka, Índia 57. NARGAJUNA UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Nargajuna Nagar Andhyra Pradesh, Índia 58. NAGPUR UNIVERSITY - MG MARG LAW DEPARTMENT Nagpur Maharashtra, Índia 59. ÍNDIA UNIVERSITY - NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL Central College Compound Bengalore, Índia 60. NORTH BENGAL UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Raja Rammophanpur Dist. West Bengal, Índia 61. NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT Lower Lachaumiere Shillong Meghalaya, Índia 62. NORTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT P.B. nº 21 Rajmahel Road Gujarat, Índia 63. OSMANIA UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE OF LAW Tilak Road Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh, Índia 64. SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE P.B. 10 Vallabh Vidyanagar Gujarat, Índia 65. PATNA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Patna, Bihar, Índia 66. PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY - LAW DEPARTMENT R. Venkataranan Nagar Kalapet Pondichery, Índia 67. SAMBALPUR UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Joyti Yahar Burla, Índia 68. SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Rajkot Gujarat, Índia 69. MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA - LAW DEPARTMENT Baroda Gujarat, Índia 70. RAVI SANKAR UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Raipur Madhya Pradesh, Índia 71. SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Kolhapur Maharashtra, Índia 72. AWADHESH PRATAP SINGH UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Bevehar Madhya Pradesh, Índia 73. SOUTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE P.B. 49 Vdhna Magdalla Road Gujarat, Índia 74. SRI PADMAVTI MAHILA VISHWAVIDYALAYA - CHITTOOR DIST. DEPARTMENT OF LAW Triupati, Andhra Pradesh, Índia 75. SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Udaipur Rajastham, Índia 76. TRIPURA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW P.O. Vani Vihar Bhubaneshwar Orissa, Índia 77. UNIVERSITY OF DELHI - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Delhi, Índia 78. UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Rahumali Rakh Índia 79. UTKAL UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW P.O. Vani Vihar Bhubaneshwar Orissa, Índia 80. SHRI VANKATESWARA UNIVERSITY - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Chittoor Tirupati Andhra Pradesh, Índia 81. KASHI VIDYAPETH - DEPARTMENT OF LAW Varanasi Uttar Pradesh, Índia 82. VIKRAM UNIVERSITY - LAW COLLEGE Kothi Road Ujjain Madhya Pradesh, Índia
[14] No endereço http://www.keral.com/Hcourt/ili.htm se tem notícias (em inglês) do INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE KERALA BRANCH The Indian Law Institute (ILI), New Delhi established in 1956, a national and international centre for promoting and pursuing advanced socio-legal research, was conceived by its founding fathers- the eminent legal luminaries of India. The Institute, through its doctrinal and empirical legal research develops the science of law, promotes systemization in legal and other allied fields, improves legal educations, imparts instructions in law and projects its universal image through studies, books, annual surveys, and periodicals, etc. on current problems of socio-economic and socio-legal relevance. It has been engaged in organising seminars, diploma courses, lecturers and conferences of national and international importance on contemporary problems. The Kerala Branch of the Indian Law Institute is functioning in the High Court premises has been carrying out the objectives of the Parent Institute in letter and spirit effectively. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: Hon''ble Sri.Arijit Pasayat, Chief Justice Executive Chairman: Hon''ble Sri.Justice AR.Lakshmanan Treasurer: Sri.M.K.Damodaran, Advocate General of Kerala Secretary: Smt.Susheela.R.Bhat. Advocate MEMBERS Sri.E.Chandrasekharan Nair, Hon''ble Minster of Law, Govt of Kerala Hon''ble Smt.Justice. K.K.Usha Hon''ble Sri.Justice. P.K.Balasubramanyan Hon''ble Sri.Justice K.S.Radhakrishnan Hon''ble Justice Sri.C.S.Rajan Sri.M.M.Abdul Azeez, Advocate Sri.M.Pathrose Mathai, Advocate Dr.K.N.Chandrasekharan Pillai Sri.M.C.Sen, Advocate. RESEACH WING OF THE INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE. KERALA BRANCH EDITORIAL PANEL CHAIRMAN Hon''ble Justice Sri.K.S.Radhakrishnan Honorary Editor Dr.K.N.Chandrasekharan Pillai, Professor of Law Members Sri.N.Sugathan, Advocate Sri.T.R.Ramachandran Nair, Advocate Sri.T.R.Ravi, Advocate ACADEMIC PANEL Hon''ble Sri.Chief Justice Arijit Pasayat :Chief Patron Hon''ble Sri. Justice AR.Lakshmanan: Vice-Patron Hon''ble Sri.Justice K.K.Usha: Chairperson Hon''ble Sri.Justice P.K.Balasubramanyan: Vice-Chairperson Hon''ble Justice Sri. K.S.Radhakrishnan: Vice-Chairperson MEMBERS Hon''ble Sri.Justice A.S.Venkitachala Moorthy Hon''ble Sri.Justice S.Sankarasubban Hon''ble Sri.Justice C.S.Rajan Sri.E.Achuthan Unni, Director of Training, High Court Dr.V.D.Sebastine, Dean, School of Legal Studies, Cochin University Dr.K.N.Chandrasekharan Pillai, Professor of Law, Cochin University Dr.Smt. Sukumari Antharjanam, Professor of Law, Government Law College, Ernakulam Sri.S.Venkitasubramonia Iyer, Senior Advocate Sri.M.N.Sukumaran Nayar, Senior Advocate Sri.Pathrose Mathai, Advocate Sri.E.Subramani, Advocate GENERAL CONVENOR Sri.K.Ramachandran, Advocate JOINT CONVENORS Sri.K.T.Sankaran, Advocate Sri.K.M.Joseph, Advocate