Legal insights and analysis on Jharkhand-specific laws and regulations
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Getting a notice from the bank can be a frightening experience. If you’ve received a "SARFAESI Notice," you might feel like you are about to lose your home or business.
Read MoreIf you own agricultural land in Jharkhand and someone — a company representative, a government official, a local strongman, or even a well-meaning neighbour —
Read MoreReceiving a notice that the government intends to acquire your land is one of the most alarming things that can happen to a property owner or farmer.
Read MoreAn arrest is one of the most frightening experiences a person can face. In the shock, confusion, and humiliation of the moment, most people have no idea that the law has built an extensive architecture of rights specifically to protect them.
Read MoreIn the hills and forests of Jharkhand, millions of tribal people have governed their lands, forests, and communities through their own customs and institutions for centuries. The Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 — commonly known as PESA — is the Indian Parliament's recognition of this reality.
Read MoreJharkhand sits atop one of the richest mineral belts in the world — coal, iron ore, bauxite, mica, uranium, and dozens of other minerals lie beneath the farms and forests of its tribal heartland. This mineral wealth has brought both prosperity and deep suffering.
Read MoreIf you live in a village in Jharkhand, you have almost certainly heard the word 'Gairmajurua' — perhaps in the context of a dispute over a field, a road, a grazing ground, or a piece of forest.
Read MoreIndia is a diverse nation, and its Constitution reflects this diversity through a set of special rights given to religious and linguistic minorities — rights that include the freedom to establish and administer their own educational institutions.
Read MoreThe threat of eviction — being told to vacate a home, a shop, or a farm you have occupied, sometimes for years or decades — is one of the most distressing legal situations a person or family can face.
Read MoreThe history of Jharkhand is deeply intertwined with the struggle for land. The Chhota Nagpur Tenancy (CNT) Act of 1908, born out of Birsa Munda’s Ulgulan (rebellion), and the Santhal Parganas Tenancy (SPT) Act of 1949,
Read MoreSexual violence against women and children is among the most serious crimes recognised by Indian law. The legal framework for prosecuting such offences — and protecting survivors through the process —
Read MoreFor generations, tribal and forest-dwelling communities across Jharkhand have lived in and depended on forests. They cultivated plots within forest boundaries, collected forest produce, maintained sacred
Read MoreIn recent years, central investigative agencies — the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Income Tax Department
Read MoreThe Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) manages the retirement savings and social security of over 6 crore active members across India
Read MoreExcise law — the law governing the manufacture, sale, possession, transport, and consumption of alcoholic beverages and certain other substances — affects a far wider range of people than most realise.
Read MoreGovernment employment in India is governed by a detailed body of law that protects employees — and their families — at every stage of the employment relationship:
Read MoreDoing business with the government — whether as a construction contractor, a supplier of goods, a service provider, or a consultant —
Read MoreIndia's court system is under enormous strain — with over 5 crore cases pending across all levels, the average civil case can take a decade or more to reach a final judgment.
Read MoreWhen a business cannot pay its debts, or when a creditor has been waiting for years to recover money owed to them, the traditional legal system offered slow and uncertain remedies.
Read MoreIndia's rural poor are the intended beneficiaries of dozens of government programmes — MGNREGA, PM Awas Yojana,
Read MoreTaxation is one of the most pervasive areas of law — it touches every individual, every business, and every transaction of significant value.
Read MoreIndia's Competition Act, 2002 — administered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) — is designed to prevent anti-competitive practices that harm businesses and consumers.
Read MoreIntellectual Property Rights (IPR) — patents, trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications, and designs — are not just the preserve of large corporations.
Read MoreWhen you buy Darjeeling tea, Banarasi sarees, or Alphonso mangoes, you are buying products that carry a Geographical Indication (GI) tag —
Read MoreJadugoda, in the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, is the site of India's first uranium mine, operated since 1967 by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL).
Read MoreCommercial disputes — disputes arising from business transactions, contracts, partnerships, loans, and trade — are a reality of doing business.
Read MoreRoads full of potholes, bridges that collapse, negligent treatment in government hospitals, accidents caused by government vehicles, electrocution from municipal electricity infrastructure
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