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Maternity Benefit

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, provides for prenatal and postnatal benefits for a female employee in an establishment. Post-2017 amendments, the duration of paid leave for a pregnant female employee has been increased to 26 weeks, including eight weeks of postnatal paid leaves.

As per Police Act, 1861

A police officer is always on duty whether he/she wearing a uniform or not. If a person makes a complaint to the officer, he/she could not say that he can’t help the victim because he/ she is not on duty.

Use of Restroom and Drink water at any Hotel

One can use the restroom and drink water at any hotel whether or not one is lodging at that hotel. This law came into force 150 years ago, under the Indian Sarais Act, 1867.

Right to Property

Strikingly, in the first place, the Right to Property was additionally one of the key rights. The Article 31 of our constitution said that, "No individual will be denied of his property spare by power of law." However, the 44th Amendment in 1978 deleted it.

Preamble

The Preamble to our Constitution was motivated by the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America, which additionally begins with "We the people".

Constitution Borrowings

Our Constitution creators took motivation from different Constitutions while drafting the one for our nation, which is the reason the Indian Constitution is frequently called a sack of borrowings.

Handwritten Constitution

The handwritten Constitution was marked on 24th January, 1950, by 284 individuals from the Constituent Assembly, which included 15 ladies. It came into power two days after the fact on 26th January.

Constituent Assembly

The Constituent Assembly, which initially met on December 9, 1946, took decisively 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to concoct of the last draft.

Composition of Indian Constitution

With 25 sections containing 448 articles and 12 schedules, the Indian Constitution is the longest composed Constitution of any sovereign nation in the world.

Copies of the Indian Constitution

The original copies of the Indian Constitution, written in Hindi and English, are kept in unique helium-filled cases in the Library of the Parliament of India.

Original Constitution of India

The original Constitution of India was transcribed by Prem Behari Narain Raizada in a streaming italic style with delightful calligraphy. Each page was embellished and enriched by craftsmen from Shantiniketan.