Open Access- Law Resources

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https://www.sci.gov.in/  (Supreme Court of India)

The Supreme Court of India website provides cause list, case status, daily orders, judgments, office reports, live streaming & other resources.

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https://lawmin.gov.in/  (Ministry of Law & Justice)

The link to the Ministry of Law & Justice comprises of the Department of Legal Affairs (https://legalaffairs.gov.in/ ), Legislative Department (https://legislative.gov.in/ ) & Department of Justice (https://doj.gov.in/).

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https://legalaffairs.gov.in  (Dept. of Legal Affairs)

The legal affairs department provides vast documentation like circulars, MLAT, law officers, MoU, Hague Conference on International Pvt. Law, Reports, Notaries, Acts administered by Ministry, etc.

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https://legislative.gov.in/  (Legislative Department)

The legislative department comprises legal resources like the standard form of legal documents from vol 1-8, a list of central acts arranged chronologically, constitution of India in different language (https://legislative.gov.in/constitution-of-india/ ), legislative references, repeal of obsolete laws, a manual of election law, legal glossary, etc.

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https://doj.gov.in/ (Department of Justice)

The Department of Justice includes important information on schemes for the development of Judiciary Infrastructure by setting up E-court Project, Tele-Law, Pro-Bono Legal Services (Nyaya Bandhu), and Legal Literacy, etc.

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https://www.indiacode.nic.in/  (India Code)

A digital repository of laws where all central & state acts are presented with a user-friendly search feature. One can search at the click of a button using the search filters by Act number, Act year, Enactment date, etc.

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https://ecourts.gov.in/ecourts_home/ (E-Courts Services)

The E-court portal provides timely information on cases, judgements (https://judgments.ecourts.gov.in/pdfsearch/index.php ) & others by searches via CNR number, Case Status, Court orders, Cause list, and Caveat search. It also provide links to district courts, e-filing, e-pay, Virtual courts, National Judicial Data Grid, etc.

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https://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in (Law Commission of India)

The Law Commission of India includes reports on various subjects both of India & provide links to overseas law commissions & others.

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https://indiankanoon.org (India Kanoon)

The database covers over 3 crore documents related to court judgments, union & state laws, by-laws & regulations, lok sabha debates, law commission reports, etc.

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https://prsindia.org/ (PRS Legislative Research)

An Indian non-profit research organisation that functions independently to make the Indian legislative process better informed. It consists of Parliament’s activities and legislative news, bills & acts, policy documents, MPs & MLAs track, Vital stats, etc.

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http://www.liiofindia.org/ (LIIofIndia)

LIIofIndia has primary and secondary legal materials (including cases, legislation, treaties, journal articles and law reform documents). End-users can access these resources freely for personal use & per the copyright law.

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https://gac.gov.in/ (Grievance Appellate Committee)

The Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) is an online dispute resolution mechanism. The entire appeal process, from filing to decision, is in digital mode. It deals with the appeals of users (Digital Nagriks) aggrieved by decisions of Grievance Officers of social media intermediaries and other intermediaries on complaints of users or victims against violation of the rules and any other matters about the computer resources made available by the intermediary.

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https://www.data.gov.in/ (OGD India)

Open Government Data Platform India is to facilitate the free access to Government owned data in both human readable and machine readable forms, within the framework of various related policies, Acts and Rules of Government of India.

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https://cybercrime.gov.in/ (Cyber Crime Portal)

Under the Ministry of Home Affairs, the National Cyber Crime Portal enables users to report cybercrime activities, register & track a complaint, or register as a volunteer (https://cybervolunteer.mha.gov.in/webform/Volunteer_AuthoLogin.aspx ), etc.

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https://nhrc.nic.in/ (National Human Rights Commission)

Find information on acts/rules, lodge & track complaint, suo-motu cases, monthly statistics, reports, publications and other resources at the National Human Right Commission website.

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https://kohimahighcourt.gov.in/ (Guwahati High Court, Kohima Bench)

Provide judgements and status of case from the Kohima Bench of the Guwahati High Court. Please verify all information before use.

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https://eparlib.nic.in/ (Parliament Digital Library)

Parliament Digital Library provides information about various parliamentary documents of Lok Sabha, the House of People. The debates of Lok Sabha, from the First Lok Sabha to the latest Lok Sabha are placed in this portal. The Reports of several Parliamentary Committees, Presidential Addresses to Parliament, Budget Speeches, and several publications of the Lok Sabha Secretariat are also part of its collections.

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https://sansad.in/poi (Parliament of India)

Digital Sansad is a website and app that provides access to a range of parliamentary resources, including debates, house business, digital libraries, and state legislatures (https://sansad.in/poi/state-legislatures ).

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https://mpa.gov.in/ (Ministry of Parliament)

This official website of the Ministry of Parliament, India, offers varied resources like acts & rules, reports, manuals, parliament Q&A, etc.

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https://egazette.gov.in (The Gazette of India)

Users can search the e-gazette by text, gazette ID, ministry, gazette category, bill/assent/act, publish date, etc. As per the provisions of Section-8 of Information Technology Act, 2000 and in consultation with Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, physical printing of Gazette Notifications had been dispensed with and exclusive e-publishing of the same has been started w.e.f. 01.10.2015.

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https://www.india.gov.in/ (National Portal of India)

The National Portal of India is a single window to access information & services provided by various government agencies. Most of the quasi-judicial bodies, such as tribunals constituted as per relevant statutory provisions to work as an alternative forum for redress of grievances which include the Central Administrative Tribunal, the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Debts Recovery Tribunal and Railway Claims Tribunal. Links to their websites are available from the National Portal of India.

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http://www.worldlii.org/ (WorldLII)

The World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) is a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility developed collaboratively by AustLII; BAILII; CanLII; HKLII; LII (Cornell); and PacLII. The World Legal Information Institute contains 1834 databases from 123 jurisdictions via 14 legal information institutes.

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https://db.isid.org.in/online (ISID Press Clippings)

The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development provides link to multiple social science journals, press clippings, industry matters and research references like national policy documents, statistical indicators, etc.

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https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/ (Abhilekh-Patal)

Abhilekh Patal is a digital repository curated by the National Archives of India (NAI) that provides access to a vast collection of historical records like online reference media, digitized public records, oriental records, microfilms, etc.

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http://ncw.nic.in/ (National Commission for Women)

As a statutory bodies it was set up to analyse laws before enactment in the Parliament. There are also a number of organizations that evaluate and interpret old laws in order to  recommend amendments. The reports, research series and other documents of this institution are very useful for legal education and research

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https://www.ncpcr.gov.in/ (National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights)

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is an Indian statutory body for the Protection of Child Rights under the Ministry of Women and Child Development. The reports, social audits, and other documents of this institution are very useful for legal education and research

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https://ncdrc.nic.in/ (National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission)

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) is a quasi-judicial commission in India that resolves consumer disputes. The portal allow for users to appeal & complaint (https://edaakhil.nic.in/edaakhil/ ).

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www.liiofindia.org/in/journals/ (The Legal Information Institute of India)

A number of academic journals and scholarly writings published in India are available on open access and usable under Creative Commons Licences. The Legal Information Institute of India provides articles from back issues of about fifteen academic law journals or collections of scholarly writings.

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https://www.legallyindia.com/ (Legally India)

News & Blog articles for lawyers and law students

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https://www.mea.gov.in/treaty.htm (Indian Treaties Database)

One can search for treaties signed by India according to the search filters/criteria such as: Subject/Agreement Type/ Year/Sub Subject list/Country. A Country may only be selected if the Treaty Type is selected as "Bilateral" or this option is not selected at all.

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https://www.barcouncilofindia.org/home (Bar Council of India)

The Bar Council of India is a statutory body created by Parliament to regulate and represent the Indian Bar. It contains standards of professional conduct and etiquette for advocates thereby, safeguarding the rights & interests of advocates.

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http://www.dlnluassam.ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/xmlui/  (NLUJAA Repository)

NLUJAA Digital Repository is a digital service that collects, preserves, and distributes digital material like Dissertations, Newspaper clippings, Gallery, Publications, Thesis & Question papers.

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https://copyright.gov.in/ (Copyright Office)

The Govt. of India, Copyright Office portal provides valuable resources on policies & programs concerning copyright matters. Users can e-file for copyright applications and track for status.

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https://www.ipindia.gov.in/ (IPR India)

Under the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, the Intellectual Property of India website provides comprehensive resources about patents, designs, trademarks, GI & others.

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https://iprsearch.ipindia.gov.in/publicsearch (Indian Patent Search)

Through this portal, users are allowed to search for Indian patents using varied search fields, citizens can register their patents and tract their application status.