Partition and Independence — Key Cases & Reports

Key Cases & Reports

Indian Independence Act 1947

1947

This was not a judicial judgment but a legislative act of the British Parliament that formally brought about the partition of British India into two independent dominions, India…

Radcliffe Award (Boundary Commissions' Reports)

1947

While not a judicial judgment, the Radcliffe Award refers to the reports submitted by Sir Cyril Radcliffe's Boundary Commissions for Punjab and Bengal, which demarcated the…