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Subjects:Law
Cases
About Indian Judiciary
On this page you can find information on the Indian Judiciary, specifically, sources available electronically, online and in print in the Harvard Library. For a general overview of the Indian Judiciary, you may want to consult the official website,http://indiancourts.nic.in/, which provides links to the Supreme Court, High Courts, District Courts and the Tribunals. The research guides linked under the 'other sources' tab is another good place to get background information on the overall legal system, history and the judiciary. There are also secondary sources on the judiciary structure like this SSRN article, India's Judicial Architecture.
Search Multiple Indian Courts
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Manupatra (Harvard Key login)Manupatra provides access to Indian case law including both the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the states and the decisions of Indian tribunals and commissions. Both Central and State Bare Acts, Rules and Regulations are available along with legislative bills and drafts. A number of e-books and articles are also available.
Coverage: https://www.manupatrafast.com/Defaults/contentcoverage.aspx
Jurisdictions: India
Source: Manupatra Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Access: Harvard Key
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All India Reporter (print)Most comprehensive single publication devoted to reporting case law in India. Issues are divided into sections containing news and articles, a “journal section,” and sections reporting decisions in the federal courts and in the high courts of each of the states plus a section containing legislation.
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Legal Information Institute of IndiaDecisions are organized chronologically and by party name.
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Indian KanoonBrowse or search for judgments.
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World Law GuideProvides links to the official websites of the Supreme Court, High Courts (Appellate), First Instance Courts (District), and Tribunals.
Additional tools
Supreme Court
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Judgment Information System of the Supreme Court (JUDIS)Judgments available from 1950-present.
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Legal Information Institute of IndiaSupreme Court decisions are available from 1950-present. Decisions are organized chronologically and by party name.
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India Legal Information InstituteNot to be confused with LII above, this is a portal to the decisions from JUDIS.
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Indian KanoonAlso a free website, it integrates law/statutes with court judgments.
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The Supreme Court reports (print)Contains cases determined by the Supreme Court of India, holdings are 1950-present. Each volume consists of 4 parts accompanied with a separate index. Each part is issued weekly.
Case Status
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Case StatusCase Status site provides the latest status of a case either pending or disposed by the Supreme Court or any other High Court in the country. The required information is derived from the databases of the concerned courts. It also provides Daily orders & these orders are available as soon as the orders are signed by the court.
Cases can be retrieved through:
i. Case No.
ii. Title (Petitioner/respondent Name)
iii. Advocate name
iv. Lower court details
High Courts
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Indian Law ReportsSeries of reports of decisions of the high courts of the 25 states and seven union territories, grouped into nine subseries. The series titles are not necessarily indicative of coverage, but reflect the seat of the court. The All India reporter duplicates coverage in some, but not all instances.
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SCCOnlineRegister with law school email address to access.
Coverage varies. Includes Bangladesh and Singapore case law.
Tribunals, Commissions and Other Courts
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Manupatra (Harvard Key login)Click on the more information (i) icon above to see the list of tribunals and commissions covered in Manupatra. • Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
• Appellate Tribunal For Electricity
• Armed Force Tribunal
• Authority For Advance Rulings
• Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
• Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal now Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CEGAT/CESTAT)
• Central Information Commission
• Central Sales Tax
• Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)
• Company Law Board
• Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT)
• Competition Commission of India
• Copyright Board
• Cyber Appellate Tribunal
• Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT)
• Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT)
• Employees' Provident Fund Appellate Tribunal (EPFAT)
• Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB)
• Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)
• Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTP)
• National Green Tribunal
• National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC)
• Securities and Exchange Board of India/Securities Appellate Tribunal (SEBI/SAT)
• State Taxation Tribunal
• Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)
• Trade Mark
Acts and Rules
Background
From Globalex: Guide to Indian Laws:
"The primary source of law is in the enactments passed by the Parliament or the State Legislatures. In addition to these the President and the Governor have limited powers to issue ordinances when the Parliament or the State Legislature are not in session. These ordinances lapse six weeks from the re-assembly of the Parliament or the State Legislature. These laws are later published in the Official Gazette (The Gazette of India or the State Gazette)."
State Legislation
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Manupatra (Harvard Key login)Manupatra provides access to Indian case law including both the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the states and the decisions of Indian tribunals and commissions. Both Central and State Bare Acts, Rules and Regulations are available along with legislative bills and drafts. A number of e-books and articles are also available.
Coverage: https://www.manupatrafast.com/Defaults/contentcoverage.aspx
Jurisdictions: India
Source: Manupatra Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Access: Harvard Key
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LLMC Digitalolder laws/historical
Central Legislation-Session Laws
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Central Acts (Indlii)Back to 1800
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Acts-Government National Portal of IndiaAllows you to access full text of all the Central Acts passed by the Indian Parliament ever since 1834 by searching the Indiacode Information System (INCODIS).
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Manupatra (Harvard Key login)Manupatra provides access to Indian case law including both the Supreme Court and the High Courts of the states and the decisions of Indian tribunals and commissions. Both Central and State Bare Acts, Rules and Regulations are available along with legislative bills and drafts. A number of e-books and articles are also available.
Coverage: https://www.manupatrafast.com/Defaults/contentcoverage.aspx
Jurisdictions: India
Source: Manupatra Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Access: Harvard Key
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India Code (the India Code Information System)contains all Central Acts of Parliament right from 1836 onwards. Each Act includes: Short Title, Enactment Date, Sections, Schedule and also Foot notes
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Current Indian StatutesIN 202 CUR [pre-1981 at Harvard Depository] Includes legislation of the Indian Parliament and rules and decisions of the Supreme Court as well as similar material from selected state legislatures and high courts.
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LLMC Digitalhistorical
Compilatons/Codifications
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India code : being a compilation of unrepealed Central acts arranged chronologically ...Law School IN 203 F93
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India Code (the India Code Information System)contains all Central Acts of Parliament right from 1836 onwards. Each Act includes: Short Title, Enactment Date, Sections, Schedule and also Foot notes
parliamanent/bill tracking
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Rajya SabhaCouncil of States
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Lok SabhaCouncil of the People
Constitutent Assembly Debates
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Debates; official report. (India Constituent Assembly)Harvard Depository IN 103 F46 ; also available at http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/debates.htm
Searchable selected volumes in Google Books and HathiTrust
Subordinate legislation
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General Statutory Rules and Ordersissued under central acts, organized like India Code
with supplement
Treaties
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A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries (1929)also in hard copy-check Hollis
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Indian Treaties Database (Legal and Treaties Division of the Ministry of External Affairs )"The Database prepared and managed by the Legal and Treaties Division of the Ministry of External Affairs strives to provide an accessible and searchable link or series of links to the Treaties/Agreements/MoUs etc. which have been entered into by the Government of the Republic of India with Foreign Countries. As a beginning, the database provides Treaties/Agreements/MoUs 1983 on-wards, more documents covering years before 1983, would be made accessible in due course.
The Database also contains the text of the above mentioned documents which can be searched using the strings given below.
Treaty list by subject, agreement type and /or country
Treaty search by word (s)
Treaties signed, ratified, acceded to, and entered into force.
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International Investment Agreements Navigator"The database of international investment agreements (IIAs) is maintained by UNCTAD’s IIA Section. You can browse through IIAs concluded by a particular country or country grouping, view recently concluded IIAs, or use an Advanced Treaty Search for sophisticated searches tailored to your needs."
Books and articles in general
Search for Treatises, Books, Journal Titles
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HOLLIS CatalogUse HOLLIS to find resources available at the Harvard University libraries, including the Law Library. Use your Harvard University ID and PIN numbers to login to HOLLIS and locate information about your account, such as what books you have checked out and any overdue fines.
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Library of CongressThe Library of Congress serves as the research arm of the United States Congress. It is also the largest library in the world. The collection of more than 151 million items includes more than 34.5 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 66.6 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America; and the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, maps, sheet music and sound recordings.
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WorldCat (FirstSearch)Use WorldCat to verify citations of items not found in the HOLLIS catalog, to find a local library which has an item, or to provide accurate citations for inter-library loan requests. WorldCat includes over 270 million catalog records and holdings from over 72,000 libraries worldwide.
Selected periodicals
Search for Legal Articles
Index to Indian Legal Periodicals (also available online)
This is the most comprehensive index for finding articles in law and related subjects published in India. It comes out in print semi-annually and can be searched by author and subject. It also provides book review and landmark case listings.
National Law School Article Index
Index to Indian & Foreign Legal Articles
Indexes over 1400 legal periodicals from US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand, including all the major international and comparative law journals, since 1980. Can be searched in both Westlaw and LexisNexis, under the database title: Legal Resource Index (LRI). (Harvard ID and PIN required)
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Multilingual index to articles and book reviews appearing in approximately 540 legal journals published worldwide. Works best using Internet Explorer browser. (Harvard ID and PIN required)
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
Provides citations to articles in over 800 legal periodicals such as law reviews, bar association journals, yearbooks, institutes, and government publications from August 1981 to the present. In 1994, ILP began indexing legal books and now includes approximately 2,000 per year. Access is controlled by HLS IP address and is limited to the Harvard Law School community. Off-campus access is controlled by HLS LDAP username and password.
Available on Westlaw only. Provides citations to articles in over 450 legal journals published in the United Kingdom and other European countries from 1986 to the present. Covers topics pertaining to the laws of the European Union and its member states.
Indian Law Journal series (SSRN)
Multidisciplinary Indexes for Journal Articles and Books (multiple jurisdictions)
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Bibliography of Asian StudiesThe online Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) holds more than 545,000 records on all subjects related to East, Southeast, and South Asia from 1971 to the present (primary disciplines covered are in the humanities and social sciences). Note well that monographs published since 1992 have not been added to the database, so for books in these areas please consult other databases (such as HOLLIS, WorldCat, and the RLG Bibliographic File). The most important 100+ periodicals in Asian Studies (selected by the BAS staff) have been indexed on a priority basis to make their coverage as up-to-date as possible, but full information about the years of coverage of every journal indexed is also available through the BAS’ Journal Title Browse function.
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PAIS International (Harvard Login)Multidisciplinary resource that "indexes publications in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The database is comprised of abstracts of thousands of journal articles, books, directories, conference proceedings, government documents and statistical yearbooks."
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International Political Science AbstractsProvides abstracts of political science articles published in scholarly journals and yearbooks worldwide. Topics include method and theory; political thinkers and ideas; political and administrative institutions; political processes; international relations; and national and area studies. Articles in languages other than English are abstracted in French, with all titles in English.
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Worldwide Political Science AbstractsMultidisciplinary resource that "indexes the international serials literature in political science and its related fields, including law."
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OECD iLibrary (Requires Harvard Login)Many records in OECD have a link to the full-text of a document. SourceOECD provides online access to the many publications put out by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Publications include country studies, forecasting publications, reports, periodicals, and socio-economic databases. Topics covered include agriculture, developing economies, education, employment, energy, environment, migration, social issues, and sustainable development.
Current awareness and news sources
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New articles and working papers
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Indian Law eJournal (SSRN)Patrons with Harvard University PIN number are able to sign up for e-mail updates.
Other Sources
Other Research Guides
Legal Profession
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MartindaleDirectory of lawyers. Select India from dropdown menu.
Citation
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Cardiff IndexUseful for deciphering citations.
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Standard Indian Legal Citation ManualCurrently in draft form looking for input/feedback.
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The black book : Universal's guide to uniform legal citationsNot an official guide, but helpful for constructing and deciphering citations.
Indian law Institute Library
Free aggregated search engines
Data
Practitioner Sources
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Advocate KhojThis site provides access to primary (supreme court judgments, bare acts, and rules) as well as secondary sources including sample forms, agreements and a glossary.
Searching the web
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