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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
The law that replaced the Indian Penal Code — offences, browsable by chapter.
03 · PROCEDUREBharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
The replacement for the CrPC — arrest, bail, and how a trial actually proceeds.
04 · EVIDENCEBharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam
The new Evidence Act — what counts as proof, and how it's admitted.
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
How a civil suit is filed, tried and executed — every Section, Rule and Form.
06 · CONTRACTSIndian Contract Act, 1872
What makes a promise binding, and what happens when it is broken — with every Illustration.
07 · TIME LIMITSLimitation Act, 1963
How long you have to sue, appeal or apply — and the day the clock starts running.
08 · DIGITAL LAWInformation Technology Act, 2000
Electronic records and signatures, cybercrime, and the duties of intermediaries.
09 · OPEN GOVERNMENTRight to Information Act, 2005
How any citizen asks a public authority for what it holds, what stays exempt, and the Commissions that hear appeals.
10 · CONSUMER LAWConsumer Protection Act, 2019
Defects, deficiencies and unfair trade practices — and the District, State and National Commissions that hear complaints.
11 · COMPANY LAWCompanies Act, 2013
How a company is formed and run — shares, directors, accounts, audit, mergers, winding up and the National Company Law Tribunal, with all seven Schedules.
13 · INSOLVENCY LAWInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
How a corporate debtor's default is resolved or liquidated, fresh start and bankruptcy for individuals and firms, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India — as on 2 July 2026.
14 · ARBITRATION LAWArbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
The arbitration agreement, appointing and challenging arbitrators, the award and how it is set aside or enforced, foreign awards, conciliation and the Arbitration Council of India — as on 1 June 2026.
23 · ROAD LAWMotor Vehicles Act, 1988
Driving licences, registration, permits, construction and maintenance standards, control of traffic, third-party insurance, the Claims Tribunals and the offences and penalties — as on 15 August 2026, with the State amendments.
24 · BANKING LAWNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Promissory notes, bills of exchange and cheques — holders in due course, negotiation and indorsement, presentment and dishonour, crossed cheques, and the section 138 offence of a cheque returned for insufficiency of funds.
25 · PROPERTY LAWTransfer of Property Act, 1882
What may be transferred and by whom, conditions and restraints, sales, mortgages and charges, leases, exchanges, gifts and actionable claims — with the rights and liabilities of buyer and seller, mortgagor and mortgagee, lessor and lessee.
26 · PROPERTY LAWRegistration Act, 1908
Which documents must be registered and which may be, the time and place of presentation, wills, the effect of non-registration, the duties of registering officers, refusal to register, fees and penalties — with the State amendments of thirteen States.
38 · PROPERTY LAWIndian Easements Act, 1882
What an easement is and who may impose or acquire one, dominant and servient heritages, continuous and apparent easements, easements of necessity and quasi easements, acquisition by twenty years' prescription, customary easements, the incidents and extent of easements, disturbance and the suit for it, extinction, suspension and revival, and licenses — when they are transferable, revocable and deemed revoked, with the Act's own illustrations.
27 · FAMILY LAWHindu Marriage Act, 1955
Who the Act applies to, the conditions for a valid Hindu marriage, ceremonies and registration, restitution of conjugal rights and judicial separation, void and voidable marriages, the grounds of divorce and divorce by mutual consent, legitimacy, bigamy, jurisdiction, maintenance, alimony, custody and appeals — with the Uttar Pradesh State amendment.
28 · FAMILY LAWHindu Succession Act, 1956
Who inherits when a Hindu dies without a will — the daughter's equal share in coparcenary property, the order of heirs of a male and of a female Hindu, class I and class II heirs, agnates and cognates, a woman's absolute property, disqualifications, escheat and wills — with the Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu State amendments.
29 · FAMILY LAWSpecial Marriage Act, 1954
Civil marriage for any two persons whatever their religion — the conditions, the thirty-one-day notice and objections, the declaration and certificate, registering marriages celebrated in other forms, the effect on succession, restitution, judicial separation, nullity, divorce and divorce by mutual consent, alimony, custody and appeals — with the five Schedules and their forms.
39 · FAMILY LAWIndian Succession Act, 1925
India's general law of succession — domicile and the law that governs it, consanguinity and degrees of kindred, intestate succession and the special rules for Parsi intestates, wills and codicils: who may make one, privileged and unprivileged wills, execution, attestation, revocation and revival, the construction of wills, void and conditional bequests, election, legacies of every kind, probate and letters of administration, the powers and duties of executors and administrators, and succession certificates — with the Table of Consanguinity and eight other Schedules.
30 · CONTRACTSSpecific Relief Act, 1963
Recovering possession of movable and immovable property, which contracts can and cannot be specifically enforced and by or against whom, substituted performance, the infrastructure-project Special Courts, compensation, rectification, rescission, cancellation of instruments, declaratory decrees, and temporary, perpetual and mandatory injunctions — with the Schedule of infrastructure sub-sectors.
31 · CONTRACTSSale of Goods Act, 1930
Sale and agreement to sell, how the price is fixed, conditions and warranties, the implied conditions as to title, description, quality, fitness and sample, when property and risk pass to the buyer, sale by a person who is not the owner, delivery and acceptance, the unpaid seller's lien, stoppage in transit and re-sale, suits for price and damages, and auction sales.
32 · CONTRACTSIndian Partnership Act, 1932
What a partnership, a partner and a firm are, partnership at will, the mutual rights and duties of partners, a partner's implied authority and the firm's liability to third parties, minors admitted to the benefits of partnership, incoming and outgoing partners, dissolution of a firm and the settlement of accounts, and registration of firms and the effect of non-registration — with the two Schedules and the State amendments the Act carries.
33 · CONTRACTSLimited Liability Partnership Act, 2008
The LLP as a body corporate, partners and designated partners, incorporation and the registered office, the LLP agreement and the partners' relations, the extent of liability and whistle blowing, contributions, accounts, audit and annual returns, investigation, conversion of firms and companies into LLPs, foreign LLPs, compromise and arrangement, winding up, Special Courts and penalties — with the four Schedules.
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
Penetrative and aggravated sexual assault, sexual harassment, use of a child for pornography, the duty to report, how a child's statement is recorded, and the Special Courts that try these cases — last updated 28 February 2023.
17 · WOMEN'S RIGHTSProtection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
What counts as physical, sexual, verbal, emotional and economic abuse, the Protection Officers, the right to reside in the shared household, and the protection, residence, monetary, custody and compensation orders a Magistrate can pass.
18 · WOMEN'S RIGHTSDowry Prohibition Act, 1961
What dowry means, the penalties for giving, taking or demanding it, the ban on advertisements, the wife's right to the dowry, the burden of proof and the Dowry Prohibition Officers — with the Haryana State amendments.
19 · EQUALITYSC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
What counts as an atrocity against a member of a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, the punishments, externment, the Special and Exclusive Special Courts, the rights of victims and witnesses, and the bar on anticipatory bail — as on 21 September 2025.
20 · DISABILITY RIGHTSRights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
Equality and non-discrimination, the 21 specified disabilities, inclusive education, reservation in education and employment, accessibility, guardianship, the Chief and State Commissioners, the National Fund and the offences.
34 · RIGHTSMaintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007
The duty of children and relatives to maintain parents and senior citizens, applications to the Maintenance Tribunal, its summary procedure, interim and monthly allowances, enforcement and interest, appeals, Maintenance Officers, old age homes, medical care, protection of life and property, transfers of property that can be declared void, and the offence of abandoning a senior citizen.
35 · FAMILYFamily Courts Act, 1984
Family Courts for every city of over a million people, the appointment of Judges and counsellors, jurisdiction over marriage, maintenance, custody, legitimacy and matrimonial property suits and over Chapter IX maintenance orders, the duty to attempt settlement, in camera hearings, legal representation, evidence, execution, and appeals and revisions to the High Court.
36 · ACCESS TO JUSTICELegal Services Authorities Act, 1987
Free legal aid — the National, State, District and Taluk legal services authorities and committees, who is entitled to free legal services, the Legal Aid Funds, accounts and audit, Lok Adalats and the finality of their awards, and Permanent Lok Adalats for disputes over public utility services.
37 · HUMAN RIGHTSProtection of Human Rights Act, 1993
The National Human Rights Commission, its Chairperson and Members, their appointment, removal and terms, its functions and powers of inquiry and investigation, complaints against the armed forces, State Human Rights Commissions, Human Rights Courts and Special Public Prosecutors, grants, accounts and audit.
40 · ANTI-CORRUPTIONPrevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Who counts as a public servant, the appointment of special Judges and the cases they try, taking and giving a bribe, bribery by a commercial organisation and the liability of the person in charge, criminal misconduct and disproportionate assets, habitual offenders and attempts, who may investigate and the previous approval needed before an enquiry into an official decision, attachment and forfeiture of property, the sanction needed before prosecution, and the presumption against a public servant who accepts an undue advantage.
21 · DIGITAL LAWDigital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
When personal data may be processed, notice and consent, the duties of a Data Fiduciary, the rights of the Data Principal, children's data, the Data Protection Board, appeals and the Schedule of penalties — in force in phases from 13 November 2025.
22 · CHILD PROTECTIONJuvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
Children in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection — the Juvenile Justice Boards, the Child Welfare Committees, determining a child's age, adoption and the Central Adoption Resource Authority, child care institutions and the offences against children.
41 · CHILD RIGHTSRight of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
The law behind article 21A — free and compulsory education for every child of six to fourteen in a neighbourhood school, no capitation fee and no screening at admission, no child held back or expelled before the eighth class, the twenty-five per cent. of class I that unaided schools must fill from the weaker section and disadvantaged group, the duties of the government, the local authority, parents and teachers, the School Management Committee, and the Schedule's norms for teachers, buildings and working days.
Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
What counts as a supply, when tax is levied, input tax credit, registration, returns, refunds, demands, appeals and penalties — as on 11 June 2026.
15 · TAX LAWIncome-tax Acts, 2025 and 1961
The new Income-tax Act, 2025 in force from 1 April 2026, and the 1961 Act it replaced — choose the one your year falls under. Text from the Income Tax Department, as amended by the Finance Act, 2026.
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