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He wrote many of his commentaries keeping in mind students and hence, even today a beginner interested in law has the benefit of reading and understanding law faster. One of the most sought out books on Limitation is T. R. Desai's commentary which is published by Universal. It covers the Indian Law on Limitation and is referred widely by ...
Trust law in India is mainly codified in the Indian Trusts Act of 1882, which came into force on 1 March 1882. It extends to the whole of India except for the state of Jammu and Kashmir and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indian law follows principles of English law in most areas of law, but the law of trusts is a notable exception.
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.
The Indian Supreme Court has relied on multiple Tagore Law Lectures including William O' Douglas's 1939 Lecture on comparative U.S. and Indian law, [8] Julius Jolly's 1883 lecture on the Hindu law of partition, inheritance, and adoption [9] and M.C. Setalvad's 1974 lecture on the relation between the Union and States in the Indian Constitution.
Dharmaśāstra became influential in modern colonial India history, when they were formulated by early British colonial administrators to be the law of the land for all non-Muslims (Hindus, Jains, Buddhists, Sikhs) in the Indian subcontinent, after Sharia set by Emperor Aurangzeb, was already accepted as the law for Muslims in colonial India.
Hindu law, as a historical term, refers to the code of laws applied to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs in British India. [1] [2] [3] Hindu law, in modern scholarship, also refers to the legal theory, jurisprudence and philosophical reflections on the nature of law discovered in ancient and medieval era Indian texts. [4]
Pendency of court cases in India; Penguin Books Ltd. v. India Book Distributors and Others; Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991; Pondicherry Lok Adalat; Pornography in India; Post Office Bill, 2023; Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023; Public Account (India) Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar became the first law school in India in 2003 to start integrated law in five different streams and specializations; i.e. BA/B.Com./BBA/B.Sc./BSW LLB (Honours). However, despite these specialized law universities, the traditional three-year degree continues to be offered in India by other institutions.