At the time of independence, the boundary line between the two newly created independent countries i.e. Pakistan and India was drawn right across the Indus Basin, leaving Pakistan as the lower riparian.

10th Report of the Law Commission of India, 1958 - Report making recommendations on Acquisition and Recquistioning of Land.

This Act lays down the legal framework for the regulation of mines and development of all minerals other than petroleum and natural gas.

An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the States of India and for matters connected therewith.

The act provides for adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-state rivers and river valleys.

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to companies and certain other associations. This Act may be called the Companies Act, 1956.

An Act to provide, in the interest of the general public, for the control of the production, supply and distribution of, and trade and commerce, in certain commodities.

The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 is an Act to make provision for the prevention of adulteration of food.