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Foundation
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05 · CIVIL PROCEDURE

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

How a civil suit is filed, tried and executed — every Section, Rule and Form.

06 · CONTRACTS

Indian Contract Act, 1872

What makes a promise binding, and what happens when it is broken — with every Illustration.

07 · TIME LIMITS

Limitation Act, 1963

How long you have to sue, appeal or apply — and the day the clock starts running.

08 · DIGITAL LAW

Information Technology Act, 2000

Electronic records and signatures, cybercrime, and the duties of intermediaries.

09 · OPEN GOVERNMENT

Right 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 LAW

Consumer Protection Act, 2019

Defects, deficiencies and unfair trade practices — and the District, State and National Commissions that hear complaints.

11 · COMPANY LAW

Companies 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 LAW

Insolvency 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 LAW

Arbitration 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 LAW

Motor 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 LAW

Negotiable 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 LAW

Transfer 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 LAW

Registration 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 LAW

Indian 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 LAW

Hindu 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 LAW

Hindu 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 LAW

Special 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 LAW

Indian 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 · CONTRACTS

Specific 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 · CONTRACTS

Sale 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 · CONTRACTS

Indian 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 · CONTRACTS

Limited 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.

Rights and protection
16 · CHILD PROTECTION

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 RIGHTS

Protection 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 RIGHTS

Dowry 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 · EQUALITY

SC/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 RIGHTS

Rights 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 · RIGHTS

Maintenance 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 · FAMILY

Family 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 JUSTICE

Legal 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 RIGHTS

Protection 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-CORRUPTION

Prevention 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 LAW

Digital 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 PROTECTION

Juvenile 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 RIGHTS

Right 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.

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