The Inner Temple Library has created subject guides on various legal topics that the Library specialises in.
This particular guide covers electronic resources to which the Library has access that relate to India and includes key law reports, cases & judgments and laws. The resources listed are subscription databases and free web sources.
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Encyclopedias
Halsbury’s Laws of India
via Lexis Library
Judgments via Subscription Databases
Federal
Supreme Court of India*
States
Andhra Pradesh*
Chhattisgarh*
Delhi*
Gujarat*
Haryana*
Himachal Pradesh*
Jammu and Kashmir*
Jharkhand*
Karnataka*
Kerala*
Madhya Pradesh*
Manipur*
Meghalaya*
Orissa*
Punjab*
Rajasthan*
Sikkim*
*via Lexis Library
Judgments via Free Websites
Federal
Indian Courts – http://indiancourts.nic.in/
Judgment Information System – http://164.100.79.153/judis/
States
Indian Courts – http://indiancourts.nic.in/
Judgment Information System – http://164.100.79.153/judis/
Legislation via Subscription Databases
States
Andhra Pradesh*
Bihar*
Delhi*
Haryana*
Himachal Pradesh*
Jammu And Kashmir*
Jharkhand*
Karnataka*
Kerala*
Madhya Pradesh*
Maharashtra*
Punjab*
Rajasthan*
Tamil Nadu*
Uttar Pradesh*
Uttarakhand*
West Bengal*
*via Lexis Library
Legislation via Free Websites
Federal
India Code – https://indiacode.nic.in/
Legal Information Institute of India – http://liiofindia.org/
States
Legal Information Institute of India – http://liiofindia.org/
Commentary via Subscription Databases
Lexis Library – has textbooks and journals relating to India
Examples include:
Jain: Indian Constitutional Law, 7th ed.
Mulla: Principles of Mahomedan Law, 20th ed.
Mulla: The Code of Civil Procedure, 18th ed.
Sarkar: Law of Evidence in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Ceylon, Malaysia & Singapore, 18th ed.
Madras Law Journal
Commentary via Free Websites
Legal Information Institute of India – http://liiofindia.org/
The “Journals & Scholarship” section has links to online journals.
Research Guides
Guide to India’s Legal Research and Legal System – https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/India_Legal_Research1.html
This account of the Indian legal system and sources was written by Dr R.K. Shrivastava, Director at the Supreme Court of India, with assistance from Versha Shah and Megha Srivastava. The latest updated version was published April 2014.
Guide to Indian Laws – https://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/India1.html
Written by Ramakrishnan Viraraghan, a lawyer practising in Chennai (Madras), this guide covers in some depth the constitutional and legal history of India as well as the present-day legal system and institutions, concluding with a bibliography of the major texts on various aspects of Indian law. This updated version was published on the GlobaLex site, November/December 2016.
