Website of the National Human Rights Commission, India. A body set up by Indian statute in 1993, the Commission has a legal mandate to protect and promote human rights in India. The site includes information on the composition of the Commission and a full-text copy of the Protection of Human Rights Act 1993.There are selected human rights case summaries and details of programmes of work being undertaken by the Commission covering issues such as the abolition of bonded labour, the right to food and the rights of the disabled.
Section of WorldLII's Countries service covering India. A full range of browse and search features are available on the site. Browse sections highlight links relating to Courts, Education, Government, Law Journals, Legislation, Parliament, Publishers and Booksellers and Treaties. Additional subject areas include Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, Citizenship and Migration, Companies, Consumer Protection, Criminal Law, Environment, Family Law, Foreign Investment, Human Rights, Insolvency Bankruptcy, Intellectual Property and Taxation, Revenue and Customs.
Website for the Supreme Court of India, providing background information on the history, constitution and jurisdiction of the Court. Court rules of the court are available on the site, along with profiles of the Chief Justice and the judges of the Supreme Court. There are links to the Indian Courts, full-text judgments, cause lists and the Indian Code.
Official Website for the Government of India's Ministry of Law and Justice. The site explains the work of the Ministry. The section on the Department of Legal Affairs describes the organisational set-up and functions of the Department. The Department of Justice section provides information about the Supreme Court, High Courts and Family Court. The Legislative Department web pages provide information about the Constitution of India, and a Chronological table of acts enacted from 1834 onwards with history of subsequent amendments.
Helplinelaw is a gateway site to Indian legal information provided by a 'virtual' law firm with associates in India and other countries. Full text Indian laws are made freely available on the site arranged alphabetically and by legal subject covering banking, environmental, criminal, immigration, employment, consumer and property law. There is also a directory of Indian lawyers and selected information for other jurisdictions.
A LIIofIndia database containing Indian acts from 1836 to date. Acts can be browsed alphabetically and by date. The information can also be viewed using the system's comprehensive search facility or act name search. Full text acts are presented in HTML. The information is based on the India Code Information System (INCODIS) and provided by the National Informatics Centre at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The Legal Information Institute of India(LIIofIndia) is a collaborative service providing free access to primary legal materials from India.
Manupatra is a subscription database providing Indian legal and business information. The database includes full-text judgments available back to 1950 from 22 Courts including the Supreme Court and High Courts of India. There are orders of Tribunals and selected judgements from the English courts and the US Supreme Court. The site also has Indian laws, notifications, circulars and forms. A selection of modules provide legislation, case law, reports, articles and forms on subjects such as intellectual property, taxation, arbitration, corporate laws, human rights and the environment.
