Asian and Pacific Law: India

Contains primary and some secondary materials, including legislation, treaties and case law in full text from Central, State and Territorial Governments within India.

Via the Legislative Department of the Ministry of Law and Justice, this service contains all Central Acts of Parliament from 1836 onwards.

Full text legislation in English. From the Advocate Khoj website.

Full text rules in English. From the Advocate Khoj website.

Judgments database up-to-date to current month, with archives to 1952. From the Advocate Khoj website.

Database containing judgments from the Indian Supreme Court from 1809, from all Indian High Courts and from various tribunals. While the University of Sydney does not subscribe to this database, so many of its features remain unavailable, full text Indian case law is accessible via the database.

Includes key and related domestic Acts and regulations in the area of intellectual property.

From the International Labour Organization. Indian labour, social security and related human rights legislation index, providing abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information with some full text.

From the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.

Provides an overview of the tax system in India, including corporate and income tax, indirect tax, treaties and free trade agreements. Updated July 2016. From KPMG.

Domestic environmental law related laws and regulations. Ecolex is compiled by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

A Rights Awareness and Legal Assistance Program in Four Districts of West Bengal, June 2010 – March 2011. Published by the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO).

Links to relevant international and domestic legislation, information concerning international and regional treaties adherence, links to resolutions and reports from the UN and regional organisations, and a link to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review. From the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

Includes food and trade statistics, and facts and domestic legislation regarding pests and diseases, forestry, food security, natural resources, technical co-operation and water management.

Provides access to over 2000 research papers.

Access to the journal via SSRN.

A slide-show presentation put together by District Court and Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge Talwant Singh.

From the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

From the Asia Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO dedicated to improving lives across developing Asia. Includes publications dealing with law and governance issues.

The main gateway to online information from the Government of India.

Gateway to information concerning the President of India, the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People), and including bills, parliamentary debates etc.

Provided by the Ministry of Law and Justice, a major Indian government body concerned with law reform. Law Commission reports are available from 1955.

Includes a Rules and Regulations tab providing access to Acts and subordinate legislation relevant to the Ministry.

Use the dropdown menu to find a country. From the Dag Hammarskjold Library. Provides direct access to official documents reflecting the views of United Nations Member States. Includes Resolutions granting membership, statements in the General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council, sponsored draft resolutions, and Periodic Reports on Human Rights Conventions.

Sets out Indian United Nations related information by topic, provides access to press releases, official Indian statements in the General Assembly and Security Council and with regard to the Non-Alignment Movement, and more.

Details some of the work of the International Labour Organisation in India.

From the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and providing relevant statistics, policy analysis, fact sheets on statelessness and other information.

From the International Labour Organization, and including national labour laws, surveys, treaty ratifications and official comments on the country by the UN supervisory bodies.

From the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS), Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations Secretariat. Legislation and treaty information.

Provides details of bilateral and multilateral agreements between the European Union and India.

Provides information regarding India's interaction with UN treaty based and charter based human rights bodies, including reports, observations, publications and other materials.

Bilateral and multilateral treaties involving India.

Multilateral and bilateral environmental treaties involving India.

Bilateral and multilateral agreements between India and Australia. Via AustLII.

From the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, this provides information on which human rights treaties India has ratified. Also provides links to the treaties.

From the Rule of Law in Armed Conflict Project. Includes adherence information on treaties in the following subject areas: humanitarian law, human rights law, weapons, refugees, criminal law and terrorism. Also includes links to international court and tribunal decisions.