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The Indian Constitution empowers the Judiciary to act as the Guardian of the Law. A number of provisions deal with the Judiciary's role, power, function, and officer appointments. The major provisions are: Part V - Chapter IV - Union Judiciary i.e., Supreme Court - appointment and removal, role and function
This is a list of women judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. The list is ordered according to chronology. The first woman to become a justice in the court was Fathima Beevi, appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 11 woman justices in the court since then.
In May 2014, former Chief Justice of India, Justice R.M. Lodha, proposed to make Indian judiciary work throughout the year (instead of the present system of having long vacations, specially in the higher courts) in order to reduce pendency of cases in Indian courts; however, per this proposal there is not going to be any increase in the number ...
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.
Indian Contract Act 1872 9 Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872 15 Madras Civil Courts Act 1873 3 Government Savings Banks Act 1873 5 Northern India Canal and Drainage Act 1873 8 Married Women's Property Act 1874 3 Laws Local Extent Act 1874 15 Majority Act 1875 9 Chota Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act 1876 6 Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act 1876 10
United States, State of New York: Married Women's Property Act grant married women separate economy. [33] United States, Pennsylvania: Married women granted separate economy. [13] United States, Rhode Island: Married women granted separate economy. [13] 1849. India: Secondary education is made available by the foundation of the Bethune School. [34]
Sanjiv Khanna, the incumbent chief justice of India, since 11 November 2024 The chief justice of India is the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India. As head of the Supreme Court, the chief justice is responsible for the allocation of cases and appointment of constitutional benches which deal with important matters of law. In ...
Works by ancient Indian grammarians such as Patanjali and Katyayana suggest that women were educated in the early Vedic period. [1] [2] [3] Rig Vedic verses suggest that women married at a mature age and were probably free to select their own husbands in a practice called swayamvar or through Gandharva marriage. [4]