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India
Republic of India

Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources

Constitution

  • Constitution of India (India Ministry of Law and Justice) in English
  • Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English
  • International Constitutional Law: India (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note

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Executive

  • President
  • Prime Minister
  • Cabinet Secretariat
  • Ministry of Law and Justice

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Judicial

  • Supreme Court of India (National Informatics Centre, Courts Informatics Division) includes Calendar, Rules, and links to Judis (cases 1950 to present), and the Cause List
  • Supreme Court Online (Legal Media Private Ltd., Chandigarh)

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Legislative

  • PARLIAMENT: Sansad [Parliament] composed of the Rajya Sabha [Council of States] and Lok Sabha [House of the People]
  • Indian Code Information System (National Informatics Centre and India Legislative Department) includes List of Central Acts
  • NATLEX: India (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
  • Natural Resources Legislation: India (University of Denver College of Law)

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Legal Guides

  • Global Legal Monitor: India (Law Library of Congress)
  • Legal Research Guide: India (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: India (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • AsianLII: India (Asian Legal Information Institute)
  • CommonLII: India (Commonwealth Legal Information Institute)
  • FindLaw: India
  • ForIntLaw: India (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - India (New York University Law Library)
  • A Guide to India’s Legal Research and Legal System (Dr. Rakesh Kumar Srivastava / GlobaLex)
  • Guide to Indian Laws (V. Ramakrishnan / GlobaLex)
  • IndLII (India Legal Information Institute)
  • Islamic Family Law: India (Emory University Law School)
  • Judicial Assistance: India (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • JURIST: India (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • Law Information Center
  • U.S. Treaty Documents:
    • Extradition Treaty with India [PDF], (U.S. Government Printing Office) Treaty Doc. 105-30; June 25, 1997
    • Treaty With India on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters [PDF], (U.S. Government Printing Office) Treaty Doc. 107-3; October 17, 2001
  • Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (Jane Macoustra via LLRX) June 3, 2002; includes India
  • World Legal Information Institute: India (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Asia: India (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: India (Library of Congress) September 1995
  • Portals to the World: India (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: India (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: India (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: India (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: India (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Profile of India (U.S. Dept. of Labor) from By The Sweat and Toil of Children: A Report to Congress, Volume I (July 15, 1994)
  • Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under South Asia
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: India (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: India (The Economist)
  • Embassy of India, Washington
  • Governments on the WWW: India (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in India (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: India (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library - information (IFLA)
  • U.S. Embassy, New Dehli (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: India (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • World Hunger: India (World Food Programme)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: India (Google); India (Yahoo); WWW-VL Asian Studies: India (WebHead)

For more information on India see:

  • Legal Research Guide: India
  • Global Legal Monitor: India

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