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The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings 1945 created a widespread fear of the misuse of atomic energy and its consequences. Over the years, nations have taken various legal steps to ensure the proper use of nuclear energy. The first Atomic Energy Act came into force in 1948, and it aimed to encourage atomic energy research and increase government control over minerals like thorium and Uranium. The 1948 Act laid down a basic framework for regulating the use of nuclear energy in India. Following this, the Atomic Energy Commission was established to promote re...

The Destructive Insect and Pest Act was enforced to protect crops from being exposed to insects, fungi and pests that could destroy the crops. The Act aims to prevent the "introduction" of destructive insects into India. The Act seeks to prevent the transmission of insects and harmful pests from one province to another province. Pesticides protect crops from infections. India is one of the top producers of pesticides in the world, with a significant number of large-scale and medium-scale pesticide makers, including multinational conglomerates. India is ...

The Costs and Works Accountants Act is a legislation that provides a legal framework for the cost and management accountancy profession. The Indian Parliament enforced the Act to address the increasing need for professionals to help businesses control their costs and manage their financial resources. The Act is a turning point in the cost and accountancy landscape as it provided for an autonomous institute, which is the Institute of Costs and Works Accountants of India(ICWAI), now known as the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI). Apart from l...

The Constituent Assembly of India enacted the Chartered Accountant Act to manage chartered accountancy as a profession. The Chartered Accountant Act has its roots in colonial India, where the registered companies had to maintain books of accounts under the Companies Act of 1913. This Act also mandated the appointment of an auditor to keep books. In 1918, a diploma course called 'Government Diploma in Accounting' was introduced. In 1930, the Society of Auditors was established in Madras, after which the Central Government determined to maintain a record...

Ten members were declared "fugitive economic offenders" in the last five years, and their cases involved fraud of more than Rs. 40,000 Crs. These individuals have fled India to other countries. In such cases, extradition is key in bringing them to justice. In India, the Extradition Act of 1962 governs the extradition of fugitives. Extradition is the transfer of an offender or an alleged offender from one country to another without their consent. A competent authority hands over the offender or alleged offender to another country for prosecution. The ext...

The British structured the Zamindari, Jagirdari, and Ryotwari systems to regulate land revenue in India. However, these regulations allowed zamindars and jagirdars to suppress cultivators and collect rents, cesses, and interest amounts without regulation. During this time, the British introduced the Punjab Land Revenue Act in the late 1800s to modify and establish a land-revenue law in Punjab and Haryana. The Act has three objectives for the collection of land revenue in Punjab and was enforced to recover revenue from stakeholders and regulate the revenu...

Every nation must have a military protecting its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Military laws contain provisions that regulate the members of the military. India has three professional uniformed services, namely the Air Force, the Navy, and the Army, to deal with aerial, marine, and on-ground conflicts. These three forces constitute the Indian Armed Forces. The Air Force Act of 1950, the Navy Act of 1957, and the Army Act of 1950 govern these forces. The Indian Air Force was first formed on 8 October 1932 during British rule, which laid out the ...