COMPLETE 50 ACTS – COMPARATIVE TABLE

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Admin

📊 COMPLETE 50 ACTS – COMPARATIVE TABLE

#	Act	Key Section(s)	Core Ingredients (Essentials)	Cogn./Bail.*	Punishment	Landmark Citation
1	Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005	Sec 12, 18–23	Domestic relationship + violence	Civ./NA	Protection/Comp.	Hiral P. Harsora v. Kusum Narottamdas Harsora
2	CrPC (Maintenance)	Sec 125	Neglect + inability to maintain	— / B	Monthly maint.	Rajnesh v. Neha
3	Arms Act, 1959	Sec 25	Possession without licence	Cog./NB	Up to 3–7 yrs	Gunwantlal v. State of M.P.
4	Gujarat Prohibition Act	Sec 66	Possession/consumption liquor	Cog./B (varies)	Up to 3 yrs	State of Bombay v. F.N. Balsara
5	Public Gambling Act, 1867	Sec 4,5	Gaming in common house	Cog./B	Fine/3 mths	Dr. K.R. Lakshmanan v. State of Tamil Nadu
6	Juvenile Justice Act, 2015	Sec 75,77	Cruelty to child	Cog./NB	Up to 5 yrs	Shilpa Mittal v. State (NCT of Delhi)
7	Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act	Sec 3–5	Brothel/trafficking	Cog./NB	Up to 7 yrs	Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal
8	PCPNDT Act, 1994	Sec 23	Sex determination	Cog./NB	Up to 3 yrs	Voluntary Health Association of Punjab v. Union of India
9	Motor Vehicles Act, 1988	Sec 185, 134	Drunken driving etc.	Cog./B (185)	6 mths/ fine	Sarla Verma v. DTC
10	POCSO Act, 2012	Sec 7–8	Sexual assault minor	Cog./NB	3–5 yrs min	Attorney General for India v. Satish
11	Dowry Prohibition Act	Sec 3,4	Demand/accept dowry	Cog./NB	Up to 5 yrs	Satbir Singh v. State of Haryana
12	SC/ST Act	Sec 3(1)	Atrocity on SC/ST	Cog./NB	Up to 5 yrs+	Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra
13	Negotiable Instruments Act	Sec 138	Cheque dishonour	NC/B	Up to 2 yrs	Dashrath Rupsingh Rathod v. State of Maharashtra
14	Information Technology Act	Sec 67	Obscene content online	Cog./B	Up to 3 yrs	Shreya Singhal v. Union of India
15	Prevention of Corruption Act	Sec 7	Illegal gratification	Cog./NB	3–7 yrs	Subramanian Swamy v. Manmohan Singh
16	Food Safety Act	Sec 59	Unsafe food	Cog./B	Up to life (death)	Pepsico India Holdings v. Food Inspector
17	Drugs & Cosmetics Act	Sec 18	Sale without licence	Cog./B	Up to 3 yrs	Mohd. Shabir v. State of Maharashtra
18	NDPS Act	Sec 20(b)	Possession narcotics	Cog./NB	10–20 yrs	Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu
19	Essential Commodities Act	Sec 7	Violation control order	Cog./B	Up to 7 yrs	Nathulal v. State of M.P.
20	Cinematograph Act	Sec 7	Exhibition uncertified film	NC/B	Up to 3 yrs	K.A. Abbas v. Union of India
21	Passport Act	Sec 12	False info/use	Cog./B	Up to 2 yrs	Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
22	Contempt of Courts Act	Sec 12	Civil/Criminal contempt	—	Up to 6 mths	Prashant Bhushan Contempt Case
23	Electricity Act	Sec 135	Theft of electricity	Cog./NB	Up to 3 yrs	Hindustan Zinc Ltd. v. State of Rajasthan
24	Disaster Management Act	Sec 51	Disobey order	Cog./B	Up to 2 yrs	In Re: Distribution of Essential Supplies
25	Noise Pollution Rules	Rule 5	Exceed decibel limits	—	Fine/Seizure	In Re: Noise Pollution (V)
26	Wildlife Protection Act	Sec 9,51	Hunting/possession	Cog./NB	3–7 yrs	Sansar Chand v. State of Rajasthan
27	Forest Act	Sec 26	Illegal cutting	Cog./B	Up to 6 mths	State of Kerala v. P.V. Mathew
28	Damage to Public Property Act	Sec 3	Damage public prop.	Cog./NB	Up to 5 yrs	In Re: Destruction of Public & Private Properties v. State of A.P.
29	Gujarat Police Act	Sec 56	Externment	—	Preventive	Guj HC: Imranbhai v. State of Gujarat (2018)
30	Copyright Act	Sec 63	Infringement	Cog./NB	Up to 3 yrs	R.G. Anand v. Deluxe Films
31	Trade Marks Act	Sec 103	False trademark	Cog./B	Up to 3 yrs	Cadila Health Care Ltd. v. Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
32	Legal Metrology Act	Sec 36	Misbranding	Cog./B	Up to 1 yr	State of Tamil Nadu v. M/s Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
33	Explosives Act	Sec 9B	Illegal possession	Cog./NB	Up to 3 yrs	State of Maharashtra v. Mohd. Yakub
34	Factories Act	Sec 92	Safety violation	NC/B	Up to 2 yrs	J.K. Industries Ltd. v. Chief Inspector of Factories
35	Child Marriage Act	Sec 9	Adult male marries child	Cog./NB	Up to 2 yrs	Independent Thought v. Union of India
36	Indecent Representation Act	Sec 4	Indecent depiction	Cog./B	Up to 2 yrs	Aveek Sarkar v. State of West Bengal
37	Lotteries Regulation Act	Sec 4	Unauthorised lottery	Cog./B	Up to 2 yrs	B.R. Enterprises v. State of U.P.
38	Railways Act	Sec 147	Trespass railway	Cog./B	Up to 6 mths	Union of India v. Prabhakaran Vijaya Kumar
39	Representation of People Act	Sec 8	Disqualification	—	Electoral disq.	Lily Thomas v. Union of India
40	Transgender Persons Act	Sec 18	Offence against TG	Cog./B	Up to 2 yrs	National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India
41	UAPA (procedural)	Sec 43D(5)	Bail restriction	Cog./NB	Varies	NIA v. Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali
42	Prevention of Food Adulteration (old)	Sec 16	Adulteration	Cog./B	Up to 6 yrs	Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Ghisa Ram
43	IT Act (Pornography)	Sec 67B	Child porn	Cog./NB	Up to 5 yrs	Sharat Babu Digumarti v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi
44	Protection of Civil Rights Act	Sec 7	Untouchability	Cog./NB	Up to 6 mths	State of Karnataka v. Appa Balu Ingale
45	Mines & Minerals Act	Sec 21	Illegal mining	Cog./NB	Up to 5 yrs	State (NCT of Delhi) v. Sanjay
46	Environment Protection Act	Sec 15	Pollution violation	Cog./B	Up to 5 yrs	Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India
47	Senior Citizens Act	Sec 24	Abandonment	Cog./B	Up to 3 mths	S. Vanitha v. Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban District
48	Gujarat Land Grabbing Act	Sec 4	Land grabbing	Cog./NB	Up to 10 yrs	Guj HC: Maheshbhai v. State of Gujarat (2021)
49	Epidemic Diseases Act	Sec 3	Disobey reg.	Cog./B	IPC 188	Gaurav Kumar Bansal v. Union of India
50	Contagious Diseases in Animals Act	Sec 5	Violation order	Cog./B	Fine/6 mths	—