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The Gujarat Land Acquisition (Industrial Areas) Act, 1961

This act may be called the Gujarat Land Acquisition (Industrial Areas) Act, 1961.

The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960

An Act to prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals and for that purpose to amend the law relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals.

Indus Water Treaty 1960

At the time of independence, the boundary line between the two newly created independent countries i.e. Pakistan and India was drawn right across the Indus Basin, leaving Pakistan as the lower riparian. Moreover, two important irrigation head works, one at Madhopur on Ravi River and the other at Ferozepur on …

United Arab Republic and Sudan Agreement (With Annexes) For The Full Utilization of the Nile Waters Signed at Cairo, on 8 November 1959; in force …

As the River Nile needs projects, for its full control and for increasing its yield for the full utilization of its waters by the Republic of the Sudan and the United Arab Republic on technical working arrangements other than those now applied. And as these works require for their execution …

The Bangladesh Pure Food Ordinance, 1959

An Ordinance to provide for the better control of the manufacture and sale of food for human consumption.

The Land Acquisition (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1959

This act may be called the Land Acquisition (Madhya Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1959.

Report on the Law of Acquisition and Requisition of Land: Tenth report

10th Report of the Law Commission of India, 1958 - Report making recommendations on Acquisition and Recquistioning of Land.

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding total ban on the slaughter of all categories of animal, of the species of bovine cattle, 23/04/1958

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Mohd. Hanif Quareshi & Others Vs State of Bihar dated 23/04/1958 regarding total ban on the slaughter of all categories of animal, of the species of bovine cattle. Supreme Court after going through the issues have reached the following …

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957

This Act lays down the legal framework for the regulation of mines and development of all minerals other than petroleum and natural gas.

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956

An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the States of India and for matters connected therewith.

The Inter-State Water Disputes Act, 1956

The act provides for adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-state rivers and river valleys.

Companies Act, 1956

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to companies and certain other associations. This Act may be called the Companies Act, 1956.

The Essential Commodities Act, 1955

An Act to provide, in the interest of the general public, for the control of the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce, in certain commodities.

The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954

The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 is an Act to make provision for the prevention of adulteration of food.

Agricultural income and its distribution in Bihar

Bihar is a predominantly agricultural State with 86 per cent of her population depending upon agriculture. In my study of the National Income of Bihar published in the Indian Journal of Economics, July 1951, I had estimated the gross agricultural income of Bihar for the year 1846-47 at Rs. 230 …

Satyagraha in Champaran

On reading this book it will be clear to the reader that a glimpse of what Mahatma Gandhi had been doing between 1920 and 1922 regarding the Satyagraha and Non-co-operation Movement had been seen in the Champaran Movement. I need hardly add that what happened in Champaran has been repeated, …
  • 31/08/1949

The Land Acquisition (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1948

This Act may be called the Land Acquisition (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1948.

Solar radiation and the Indian monsoon

The S.W. monsoon or summer monsoon is a major event in the agricultural life of India, which has been widely studied. The chief characteristic of the pressure distribution over India during the monsoon is the trough of low which extends from the the S.E. Punjab to the head of the …

Utilization of waters of the Colorado and the Tijuana rivers and of the Rio Grande: treaty between the United States of America and Mexico

Whereas treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers, and of the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) from Fort Quitman, Texas, to the Gulf of Mexico, was signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries in Washington …

On the heat wave over Northern India in April-May 1941

The outstanding feature of Indian weather in the second half of April and the first week of May of the year was the extremely high temperatures over a large part of Northern India.

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