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Advocate Khoj
India's first communication platform to bridge the gap between people seeking legal assistance and lawyers, featuring a comprehensive law library that contains an exhaustive list of Acts and Rules passed by the Indian Parliament, full text of Supreme Court Judgments (1950 onwards), Legal Forms, Sample Agreements and Glossary. An open resource for the public to gain knowledge about the Indian Judiciary.
LII of India
LII of India (Legal Information Institute of India), is an open-source website which has over 130 databases, including decisions from 37 Courts and Tribunals, Indian national legislation from 1836, bilateral treaties, law reform reports and law journal articles. The LawCite citator tracks case and journal article citations.
SCC Online
Comprehensive database comprising primary and secondary sources on laws of India.
vLex Global
World-wide legal database containing legislation, jurisprudence, commentary, forms, legal news, and more from many countries (extensiveness of each collection varies) including Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Chile (Search in English or the vernacular; materials in the vernacular with some translation capabilities) (Yale access only).
Madras Law Journal
Find judgments of Supreme Court of India, Madras High Court and Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, as well as other cases of interest from around India; requires registration and an exchange of emails updating your account, but free and relatively easy.






