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Case law: online resources for common law countries: India

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Indian citations

Some major report series and their abbreviations:

AIR	All India Reporter
ILR	Indian Law Reports
SCALE	Supreme Court Almanac
SCJ	Supreme Court Journal
SCR	Supreme Court Reports
SCC	Supreme Court Cases
JT	Judgements Today

Other abbreviations you may encounter:

Subordinate Courts

District & Sessions Court (D. & S.C.)

Magistrate's Court (M.C.)

Civil Court (C.C.)

Metropolitan Magistrate's Court (M.M.C.)

Jurisdictions:

(Bom.)Bombay

(Mad.)Madras

(Cal.) Calcutta

(Del.) Delhi

(A.P.) Andhra Pradesh

(Ker.) Kerala

(P.& H.) Punjab & Haryana

(Guj.) Gujarat

Finding Indian cases online

LexisLibrary
Navigate to Indian materials by clicking on Sources - then International Content. Includes both primary and secondary sources

Alternative names: LNB ; Lexis Nexis Butterworths Lexis Library

Lexis Nexis Butterworths (LNB) includes primary and secondary legal materials from the UK, EU, USA and many other jurisdictions.
It has particularly good collections of UK cases and in particular includes The Law Reports and The All England Law Reports, as well as many specialist series of reports. It is also a good source of UK legislation as it includes all UK Acts and Statutory Instruments as they currently stand.
LNB is also an excellent source of US primary legal materials and includes a huge amount of legal commentary from the UK and the US.
Lexis content formerly provided via the Lexis Nexis Professional interface is now available via LNB which replaces Professional.
Manupatra
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Alternative name: Manupatra - Indian Law and Business

Indian legal and business information.
Please use one username and password set from the options. If it does not work please try the other. Each allows single user access only - so please remember to log off properly when you have finished your session in Manupatra.
Provided through the generosity of global law firm, Baker & McKenzie.

OU Weblearn for Special Passwords & Database Registration Instructions

Supreme Court Cases (India)
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Alternative names: SCC (India) ; SCC Online

Indian legal information. Legislation, treaties, and case law from the Indian Supreme Court and the High Courts of the Indian states, and the Bangladesh Appellate and High Court Divisions.

- Extra username/password are required for this resource: see Weblearn for details

India Supreme Court: Case Status
Case Status site provides the latest status of a case either pending or disposed. It also provides Daily orders & these orders are available as soon as the orders are signed by the court.
Indian Kanoon
Please note: Oxford/the Bodleian does not have a subscription to this service. But its free functions can still be useful

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