1. The Indian Contract Act, 1872
This Act governs contracts in India, outlining the essential elements for a valid contract, including offer, acceptance, consideration, and lawful object. It also addresses breaches and remedies.
- Cases your client can handle: Breach of contract, disputes over enforceability, misrepresentation, or specific performance of contracts.
2. The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC)
The CPC provides the procedural framework for civil litigation in India, detailing how civil suits are filed, tried, and decided. It includes provisions for jurisdiction, pleadings, interim relief, and execution of decrees.
- Cases your client can handle: Filing civil suits, handling jurisdictional disputes, execution of decrees, and appeals.
3. The Transfer of Property Act, 1882
This Act regulates the transfer of property between living persons. It covers various modes of transfer, such as sale, mortgage, lease, exchange, and gift, ensuring transparency and legality.
- Cases your client can handle: Disputes over property ownership, invalid transfers, lease agreements, or mortgage enforcement.
4. The Specific Relief Act, 1963
This law provides remedies for the enforcement of civil rights, particularly when monetary compensation is inadequate. It includes provisions for specific performance, injunctions, and declaratory reliefs.
- Cases your client can handle: Seeking or defending specific performance of contracts, obtaining injunctions, or handling declaratory suits.
5. The Indian Easements Act, 1882
This Act governs easement rights, such as the right to access or use another person’s property for a specific purpose (e.g., right of way or light).
- Cases your client can handle: Disputes over easement rights, obstruction of easements, or claims for compensation for unauthorized use.
6. The Limitation Act, 1963
This Act prescribes time limits within which civil cases must be filed, ensuring timely redressal of grievances.
- Cases your client can handle: Handling cases involving limitation disputes, applications for condonation of delay, or claims barred by limitation.
7. The Registration Act, 1908
This Act governs the registration of documents related to property transactions, ensuring transparency and reducing fraud.
- Cases your client can handle: Disputes over unregistered property documents, fraudulent registrations, or rectification of registered deeds.
8. The Partition Act, 1893
This law provides for the division of jointly owned property among co-owners, ensuring fair distribution.
- Cases your client can handle: Partition suits for ancestral or jointly owned property, challenges to unfair partition, or settlement agreements.
9. The Family Laws (Hindu Marriage Act, Muslim Personal Law, etc.)
Family laws govern matters like marriage, divorce, child custody, maintenance, and inheritance based on personal laws of different communities.
- Cases your client can handle: Divorce proceedings, alimony claims, child custody disputes, or inheritance matters.
10. The Consumer Protection Act, 2019
This Act provides remedies for grievances related to goods and services. It ensures protection against unfair trade practices and defective products.
- Cases your client can handle: Filing consumer complaints, handling product liability cases, or disputes over service deficiencies.
11. The Indian Succession Act, 1925
This Act governs wills, inheritance, and succession for individuals not covered by personal laws. It ensures the proper distribution of assets after death.
- Cases your client can handle: Will disputes, intestate succession claims, or challenges to the validity of a will.
12. The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996
This Act promotes alternative dispute resolution mechanisms like arbitration and conciliation for resolving civil disputes efficiently.
- Cases your client can handle: Representing clients in arbitration proceedings, enforcing arbitral awards, or mediating civil disputes.
13. The Rent Control Acts (State-Specific)
These Acts regulate landlord-tenant relationships, including rent control, eviction, and maintenance of rented properties.
- Cases your client can handle: Eviction suits, disputes over rent hikes, or breach of rental agreements.
14. The Tort Laws
Though not codified, tort laws in India address civil wrongs like negligence, defamation, and nuisance, providing remedies for harm caused to individuals.
- Cases your client can handle: Defamation claims, personal injury cases, or compensation claims for nuisance or negligence.
15. The Environmental Protection Act, 1986
This Act regulates activities impacting the environment and provides for remedies against environmental damage.
- Cases your client can handle: Environmental damage claims, disputes over pollution control violations, or public interest litigations (PILs).