The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
This colonial-era law governs promissory notes, bills of exchange and cheques in India, and remains highly relevant today primarily because of Section 138, which criminalises cheque…
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The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC)
The IBC consolidated India’s fragmented insolvency laws into a single time-bound framework for resolving insolvency of companies, partnerships and individuals, aiming to maximise asset value and…
The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA)
RERA was enacted to protect homebuyers from delayed and fraudulent real estate projects, requiring developers to register projects with a state Real Estate Regulatory Authority and…
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA)
MGNREGA guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work, making it…
The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
This Act replaced the 1995 disability law and significantly expanded the scope of disability rights in India, increasing the categories of recognised disabilities from 7 to…
The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
The Maternity Benefit Act protects the employment of women during and after pregnancy, mandating paid maternity leave and prohibiting dismissal on account of pregnancy. It was…
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
Commonly known as the POSH Act, this law makes it mandatory for every workplace with 10 or more employees to have an Internal Committee to receive…
The Information Technology Act, 2000
The Information Technology Act gives legal recognition to electronic records and digital signatures, and criminalises a range of cyber offences from hacking to identity theft, forming…