Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Indian law follows principles of English law in most areas of law, but the law of trusts is a notable exception. Indian law does not recognize "double ownership", and a beneficiary of trust property is not the equitable owner of the property in Indian law.
The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution for a country, containing 395 articles, 12 schedules, 105 amendments and 117,369 words.. Law in India primarily evolved from customary practices and religious prescriptions in the Indian subcontinent, to the modern well-codified acts and laws based on a constitution in the Republic of India.
This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes.Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes.
This is different from other federal court systems, such as the United States, where state courts mainly apply state law and federal courts mainly apply federal law. [111] Under the Indian constitution, the High Courts of the States are directly constituted by the national constitution.
National Indian Law Library [2] Indian Law Resource Center [3] Indian Law Research Guides [4] National Tribal Justice Resource Center [5] Native American Law Research Guide (Georgetown Law Library) [6] Tribal Law Gateway [7] Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project; American Indian Law Center, Inc. American Indian Policy Center
After being passed by the Parliament of India, it received President's assent on December 29, 2007. [2] The first case under the act was filed in November 2011 by Siluvai (age 84) and his wife Arulammal (age 80) of Tuticorin against their son and daughter-in-law for neglect, besides taking away their two homes and gold jewellery. [3]
Indian Country, as defined by Congress in 1948 (18 U.S.C.A. 1151) is: a) "all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and including rights-of way running through the reservation, b) all dependent Indian communities within the borders of ...
The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 is an Indian law that makes companies pay a one-time gratuity to retiring employees or employees who resigns after a minimum of 5 years of service. The law applies to all companies of at least 10 employees. [1] The gratuity is 15 days' wages for every year of employee service, or partial year over six months.