First Urdu legal dictionary published in India

September, 16 2013

An Urdu law dictionary, the first of its kind in India, the 'Kanoon Lugat' with 52,000 terms, has just been published.

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Also published were Urdu translations of the Indian Penal Code and the Indian Evidence Actd. Leading criminal lawyer Majeed Memon said: 'In my four decades in the legal career, I have never come across any law books in Urdu and this should help us all.' Another lawyer, Shahid N Ansari, told IBN Live: 'It will immensely help the legal fraternity, especially the litigants to understand the legal nuances in their cases in courts.'

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