Port is a commercial water facility used for ships and their cargo. It is equipped with cranes, forklifts, warehouses and docks, a port offers... View Article
No, Paradip port is not the deepest port of India. Visakhapatnam port in the state of Andhra Pradesh is the deepest port in India with a natural... View Article
No, Mundra is not a mojor port. Mundra is located on the north shores of the Gulf of Kutch in the kutch district of Gujarat. Kandla port of... View Article
The state judiciary consists of a high court and a hierarchy of subordinate courts, also known as lower courts. The subordinate courts are... View Article
The Constitution declares Delhi as the seat of the Supreme Court. But it also authorises the Chief Justice of India to appoint other place or... View Article
The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is the head of the judiciary of India and the Supreme Court of India. As head of the supreme court, the chief... View Article
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
