A bench of three or five judges is called a full bench. Further Reading : Supreme Court of India Chief Justice of India High Court Related... View Article
A bench of two or three judges is called a division bench. The Supreme Court Rules vests Chief Justice of India, the power to constitute benches... View Article
The National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 11, 2014, by the Minister of Law and Justice,... View Article
The 13th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1962 gave the status of a state to Nagaland and made special provisions for it. Further Reading :... View Article
The founder of the Delhi Sultanate is Qutb-ud-din Aibak. He established the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate - the Mamluk Dynasty - in 1206... View Article
Jagirdars were holders of land assignments in lieu of judicial and police duties, while Zamindars held the right to collect revenue from the land... View Article
Zamindari was a system in which the British rewarded loyal nobles with land. These aristocrats reserved the right to collect tax on behalf of... View Article
The Zamindari Abolition Act was an act that abolished the rights and privileges of the Zamindar intermediaries, bringing agriculture directly... View Article
Zamindari was abolished in India in 1951, while it was abolished in 1950 in Bangladesh and 1959 in Pakistan. For further reading check the... View Article
Khalisa land refers to land owned directly by the Mughal Emperor. The revenue collected from these lands was sent to the Emperor's personal... View Article
A Jagirdari was a feudal life estate that reverted to the state upon the death of the Jagirdar, but in practice it became hereditary to the male... View Article
The Jagir System was abolished by Sultan Allaudhin Khilji but it was revived by Sultan Fīrūz Shah Tughluq. The system continued from that point... View Article
The Jagirdari Crisis was an economic situation where there was a shortage of lands or jagirs. This defrayed the cost of administration and the... View Article
The main features of the Jagirdari System are as follows: The bestowal of a Jagir could be conditional or unconditional In Mughal times, the... View Article
Buddhism disappeared from India due to the end of the dynasties that gave it royal patronage. In the 12th century it became virtually extinct... View Article
According to 2nd century BCE grammarian Patanjali, Saketa and Madhyamika were invaded by the Yavanas, a term most likely referring to the... View Article
The last Mauryan ruler Brihadratha was killed by his general Pushyamitra Sunga in 185 BC. For further reading check the following articles:... View Article
The last ruler of the Maurya dynasty was Brihadratha. He came to the Mauryan throne when its territories had considerably shrunk during the time... View Article
As per Bāṇabhaṭṭa's Harshacharita, Pushyamitra killed Brihadratha during a military parade of the army by having some elephants crush the... View Article
