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First Urdu law dictionary released

Hanif has also translated the Indian Penal Code and the Indian Evidence Act in Urdu.

Billed to be the first of its kind in India,Kanoon Lugat,an Urdu law dictionary was released in Mumbai on Sunday.

The dictionary,encompassing 52,000 legal terms,has been translated in Urdu for the first time, said chief translator and Supreme Court advocate Muhammad Irshad Hanif,at the event.

Hanif has also translated the Indian Penal Code and the Indian Evidence Act in Urdu,and published two books Taziraat-e-Hind and Qanoon Shahadat-e-Hind.

The Urdu legal dictionary has a foreword written by former Chief Justice of India

Altamas Kabir.

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  • Indian Evidence Act Indian Penal Code Mumbai
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