From the moot problem to a filed memorial, with authority for every issue.

1. Find the governing law

   Start from the Act as it stands today.

   India CodeLegislative DepartmentLaws of India

2. Build your precedents

   Binding cases first, and check whether they are still good law.

   SCC OnlineManupatraAIR Online

3. Add persuasive authority

   Foreign courts and tribunals for the novel points.

   British and Irish Legal Information InstituteUK Supreme Court JudgmentsLegal Information Institute Cornell University USA

4. Read the commentary

   Articles help frame the arguments on both sides.

   HeinOnlineLexis Nexis AdvanceEBC Reader

What actually gets asked, and the bare Act open next to you.

1. Open the past papers

   The college keeps them by course and semester.

   Past year question papers

2. Check the syllabus

   SPPU's 2023 and 2017 patterns.

   2023 pattern

3. Read the bare Act

   The exact words of the section.

   India CodeLaws of India

4. Understand it

   Free lectures and e-content when a topic will not stick.

   E-PGPathshala InflibnetSWAYAMVidya Mitra

From a broad topic to a thesis statement you can defend, with sources you can cite.

1. Map the debate

   Peer-reviewed law reviews from around the world.

   HeinOnlineLexis Nexis AdvanceEconomic and Political weekly

2. Find working papers

   Newest thinking, often before it is published.

   Social Science Research NetworkDirectory of Open Access Journals

3. Read Indian theses

   See how others approached the question.

   E ShodhgangaShodhGangotriEthOS

4. Use official reports

   Law Commission reports and Parliamentary debates carry weight.

   Law Commission of IndiaParliament Library of IndiaIndian Parliamentary

The partner wants a research note by evening. Here is where to look.

1. Search the case law

   Headnotes and citators save hours.

   ManupatraSCC OnlineLexis Nexis Advance

2. Check the free route

   Quick lookups, and what your client can also read.

   Indian KanoonLegal Information Institute of India

3. Read the textbooks

   The standard commentaries, online.

   EBC ReaderJURIS The-Law

4. Confirm the statute

   Amendments and the current text.

   India CodeLegislative Department

AI, data protection, IP and platforms: law that is still being written.

1. Start with the journals

   India's specialist law and technology writing.

   Indian Journal of Law and TechnologyJournal of Intellectual Property RightsIndian Journal of Intellectual Property Law

2. Find the cases

   How courts are treating new technology.

   SCC OnlineManupatraIndian Kanoon

3. See other countries

   Global regulation shapes the Indian debate.

   Legal Information Institute Cornell University USAUnited Kingdom LegislationThe European Court of Justice

4. Catch new research

   Working papers move faster than journals.

   Social Science Research NetworkHeinOnline

From a public-interest question to the bodies and rulings that answer it.

1. Indian institutions

   Commission guidance and reports.

   National Human Rights Commission, IndiaLaw Commission of India

2. International standards

   Treaty bodies and global reports.

   United Nations High Commission for Human RightsInternational Court of Justice

3. Regional courts

   Comparative human rights reasoning.

   European Court of Human RightsAsian Human Rights Commission

4. Build the Indian record

   Writ precedents and social context.

   SCC OnlineEconomic and Political weeklySeminar