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  2. Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005

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    As the law serves chiefly as a civil law, a further offense (such as violating a Protection Order issued under this law) is required before triggering criminal law sanctions against the respondent, such as arrest and imprisonment. However, groups involved in drafting the law believed this would provide more rapid and flexible relief for the victim.

  3. Lawmaking procedure in India - Wikipedia

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    The State List consists of 61 items (previously 66 items) where a state legislative assembly can make laws applicable in that state. But in certain circumstances, the Parliament can also legislate temporarily on subjects mentioned in the State List, when the Rajya Sabha has passed a resolution with two-thirds majority that it is expedient to legislate in the national interest per Articles 249 ...

  4. Legal writing - Wikipedia

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    The drafting of legal documents such as contracts is different as, unlike in most other legal writing categories, it is common to use language and clauses that are derived from form books, legal opinions and other documents without attribution. Lawyers use forms documents when drafting documents such as contracts, wills, and judgments.

  5. Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of India is the supreme legal document of India. [2] [3] The document lays down the framework that demarcates fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens. It is the longest written national ...

  6. Code of Civil Procedure (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 is a procedural law related to the administration of civil proceedings in India.. The Code is divided into two parts: the first part contains 158 sections and the second part contains the First Schedule, which has 51 Orders and Rules.

  7. Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 - Wikipedia

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    The Legal Services Authorities Act 1987 is an Act of the Indian Parliament to enforce the provisions of Article 39 A of the Constitution guaranteeing the fundamental rights to all the citizens of the country. Article 39 A of the constitution is relating to promoting justice on the basis of equal opportunity by providing free legal aid to ...

  8. Plaint Checking under Indian Law - Wikipedia

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    Plaint checking is a pre-admission scrutiny that attempts to expose drafting defects. Although limitations of plaint checking are nowhere defined under procedural law such as Civil Procedure Code, since the process is technical, it ought not creep into the legal issues. Plaint checking should not be doing the defendant's jobs.

  9. List of acts of the Parliament of India - Wikipedia

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    This is a chronological and complete list of acts passed before 1861, by the Imperial Legislative Council between 1861 and 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India between 1947 and 1949, the Provisional Parliament between 1949 and 1952, and the Parliament of India since 1952. Apart from Finance Act, there are 890 Acts which are still in force as ...