Long-form walk-throughs of major legal processes in India — from divorce and tenant eviction to filing an FIR and registering a startup. Each guide walks through the full sequence in the order that matters, with the governing statutes and leading cases flagged along the way.
Divorce in India is governed by the personal law of the parties — the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains; the Special Marriage Act, 1954 for inter-faith and civil marriages; the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 for Christians; and Sharia p…
Eviction of a non-paying tenant in India is a civil process governed by two overlapping regimes. Older, tightly rent-controlled properties fall under state Rent Control Acts (Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal each have their own), which gi…
Employment disputes in India split into two large categories: money owed (unpaid salary, unpaid bonus, unpaid gratuity, unpaid PF) and wrongful separation (illegal termination, forced resignation, retrenchment without compliance). The remedies differ, the foru…
The First Information Report (FIR) is the formal document that sets the criminal justice machinery in motion. Filed under Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS — the successor to the CrPC, in force from 1 July 2024), an FIR is the p…
Registering a startup in India in 2026 is a fast, mostly-online process that funnels through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs' SPICe+ (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically Plus) form. The whole incorporation cycle can be completed in 3…
