Subject

Constitution and elections

The Constitution, the franchise, and the machinery of representation. 203 Acts.

Central Acts 32

State Acts 171

Other subjects

Tax 1,001 Education and culture 946 Local government 490 Agriculture 404 Labour and employment 367 Environment and resources 306 Property and land 302 Criminal law 293 Health and food 228 Family and personal law 147 Transport and infrastructure 143 Banking and finance 137 Welfare and rights 129 Civil procedure and courts 111 Company and commercial 92 Technology and media 49 Defence and security 35

How an Act gets onto a shelf

This is a rules-based classification over the title of the Act, with the administering Ministry as a weaker second signal, and the rules are written out in full in scripts/build_db.py so you can see exactly which word put an Act where it is. An Act can sit under more than one subject, and an Act that matches nothing is left off rather than filed on a wrong shelf.

It is a finding aid, not a legal taxonomy. Where an Act belongs is often arguable, and nothing here turns on it.

Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.