Indian Law

Many legislations were introduced in India, actually it started when the Britshers came & ruled India for years & many laws are still existing in India even after the Independence, with some modification in them. Since Britishers have ruled India therefore we have their major influence on our law system & Acts enacted.

These are some of the important laws in India which are as follows:

Constitutional Law:

Constitutional Law was framed by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. It is the Longest Constitution in the world & consists of 392 Articles & 8 schedules. It is a federal form. It talks about the separation of powers of the State & Union government, fundamental rights, Directive Principles etc.

Criminal law:

Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Evidence Act, are the Acts included under the Criminal branch of Indian System; it deals with criminal offences & its punishment.

Civil Law:

Civil Procedure Code is the civil law; it deals with civil offences & its punishment.

Intellectual Property Law:

Includes Copyright Act, Trademark Act, Designs Act & many more. Actually it is enacted to protect the property or products which are formed by the creative thinking. It gives various exclusive rights to the owner for a fixed period of time.

Property laws:

Include many Acts which deals with purchase, sale, registration & all the requisite regarding the lands.

Acts like Registration Act, Stamp Duty, Rent Control Act, Transfer of Property Act etc & many more.

Labour Laws:

It includes many laws, these laws are enacted for the protection of the labourers, their rights, about unfair labour practices, various offences & remedies. For example: Factories Act, Industrial Dispute Act, Minimum Wages Act, Standing orders etc & many more.

Family Laws:

There are many laws regulating the marriages, divorce, adoptions & guardianship in India. These Acts are termed as Personal laws, they are enacted by the respective religions practicing in our Country. example:

Hindu Marriage Act, Mohammedan law, Parsi Marriage & Divorce Act, Christian Marriage & Divorce Act, Special Marriage Act.

Contract Act:

It governs contract, execution of contract & effects of breach of contract.

Information Technology Act, 2000:

The Act deals with all the offences that occur on online medium. It provides protection to the users from various hacking, their data to be manipulated from various cyber attacks on the national level, from copyright infringement, trademark infringement, privacy rights etc.

Author : Pradnya Pahurkar [lawyer]