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…
Laws and Acts
Short, readable summaries of Indian laws with a link to the full legal text.
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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…
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act gives effect to Article 21A of the Constitution, which made elementary education a fundamental right. It…
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
This Act gives women a civil remedy against violence inside the home, which is what distinguishes it from the criminal provision on cruelty by a husband…
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012
POCSO is a gender neutral special law that protects every person below eighteen from sexual offences. Before it, child sexual abuse was prosecuted under general penal…
The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended by the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019
The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 is the law behind driving licences, vehicle registration, permits, insurance, traffic offences and accident compensation in India. It replaced the 1939…