Serajul islam's public demands recovery acts c.1

A milestone in the annals of legislation, the Public Demands Recovery Act came into force in united Bengal more than 75 years back and provided the model for the Bihar and Orissa Act of 1914, close on the heels of its enactment in 1913. It extended to the Province of Assam and still continues to apply there and in other parts of the north-eastern region including Tripura. That is not all. When Independence saw the country divided and bore the fruit of a truncated Bengal, it applied to the eastern part of the erstwhile Province then called East Pakistan and years later as till now applies to that land coming subsequently to be known as Bangladesh. So it is hardly necessary to overemphasise the importance of such a law covering such a far-flung region and also, alongside, that of a work like Serajul Islam's commentary providing clear insight into that law and ruling supreme as ever since the year 1930.
Viewed against the reality of the legislation bearing on such a widely spread out region, the concerned States as well as Bangladesh have been regarded for a thorough and equitable treatment of the subject in tune with the changes everywhere, thus rendering the work useful for all concerned. As for Bangladesh, the law operating there was entrusted to a highly competent Editor whose firsthand and thorough knowledge deals with the same most effectively, showing the difference, if any, at any stage with the law of 1913 which, as in West Bengal, is still followed there, and supporting the same throughout by the relevant and recent case laws. Now to turn to Assam. The Notifications of Assam have been included and several case laws on Assam furnished to support the law. The laws relating to Bihar and Orissa have also been dealt with.