india-legal-researchlisted

# Indian Legal Research The purpose of this skill is to make research **traceable**. The failure mode in AI legal research is not ignorance, it is a fluent citation to a case that says something slightly different, sits at the wrong court level, or has been overruled. Every rule below exists to close one of those gaps. ## The non-negotiable rule **Never output a citation that was not retrieved in this session or supplied by the user.** If a proposition is believed but unsourced, say so and mark it. Do not attach the nearest plausible authority. A named gap is useful; a confident wrong cite destroys a paper and, in practice, a viva. Tag every authority with one of: - `[RETRIEVED]` — the text was actually fetched this session. Note which source. - `[RECALLED — VERIFY]` — believed to exist from background knowledge, not fetched. The user must confirm before it is cited. - `[NOT FOUND]` — searched for and not located. Say what was searched. ## Source hierarchy Read `references/sources.md` for the full annotated list including regulator portals, Indian law journals, and the blogs with genuine scholarly standing. The summary: **Tier 1 — authoritative, directly citable.** India Code (`indiacode.nic.in`) for central statutes. The Supreme Court judgments portal (`judgments.sci.gov.in`) and eSCR for reportable Supreme Court judgments. `judgments.ecourts.gov.in` for free-text search across the Supreme Court and all High Courts. The e-Gazette for notifications and commencement