Dinshah Fardunji Mulla

Sir Dinshah Fardunji Mulla CIE (1868 – 26 April 1934), also known as Dinshaw Mulla, was an Indian author of legal reference books. D.F Mulla was an Attorney-at-Law of the Bombay High Court and was a professor of law at Government Law College, Bombay and a Member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, India.

Mulla was knighted 5 April 1930.[1] He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1930[2] during the reign of King George V, serving on the Judicial Committee from January 1931.[3] He was the assistant editor of Pollock’s Commentaries on Indian Contract Act.[4] Though he belonged to the Zoroastrian religion, he published on Sharia law. His Principles of Mahomedan Law is a well-known Hanafi law text that discusses the application of sharia law in India and Pakistan.[5]

Works
  1. Commentaries on the Code of Civil Procedure code
  2. Jurisdiction of Courts in the matters relating to rights and power of cases
  3. The law of insolvency in British India
  4. Principles of Mahomedan Law. 1905. OCLC 35765.
  5. Principles of Hindu Law. 1912. OCLC 16519845.
  6. Indian Contract Act
  7. Hindu Law relates to religious and charitable trust
  8. The Registration Act
  9. The Key to Indian Practice

References
  1. "No. 33595". The London Gazette. 8 April 1930. p. 2251.
  2. "No. 33671". The London Gazette. 19 December 1930. p. 8141.
  3. "No. 33680". The London Gazette. 13 January 1931. p. 299.
  4. Pollock, Frederick; India. Indian Contract Act; Mulla, Dinshah Fardunji (1909). The Indian contract act : with a commentary, critical and explanatory. London : Sweet & Maxwell. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  5. "Islamic Law: Personal Law - Dictionary definition of Islamic Law: Personal Law | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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