Is a subscription to paid legal databases required?

No, this skill is specifically optimized to conduct comprehensive research using freely available Indian legal resources and open databases.

Can it handle the transition to new Indian criminal laws?

Yes, it includes specific protocols to check effective dates and determine whether the IPC or the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) applies to a specific case.

Which databases does the research assistant use?

It utilizes free, authoritative sources including India Code, Indian Kanoon, the Supreme Court of India website, e-Courts portals, and Law Commission Reports.

How does it handle conflicting court judgments?

The skill follows a strict source hierarchy, prioritizing the Constitution and Supreme Court judgments over High Court decisions or persuasive secondary authorities.

Does this skill provide legal advice?

No, this skill provides research methodology and information retrieval from public databases. It is a research tool and does not constitute professional legal advice.

Indian Legal Research Assistant

Name: Indian Legal Research Assistant
Author: swarochish

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Productivity & Workflow

Conducts systematic research across Indian statutes, case law, and secondary sources using authoritative databases like India Code and Indian Kanoon.

This skill streamlines Indian legal research by providing structured workflows for navigating the hierarchy of laws, from the Constitution and Central Acts to Supreme Court and High Court precedents. It automates the discovery of relevant citations, validates the currency of law by checking for recent amendments or repeals—such as the transition from IPC to BNS—and synthesizes findings into professional research memorandums. Designed for practitioners and researchers, it ensures comprehensive coverage across multiple free-access government and judicial databases while maintaining strict adherence to the hierarchy of legal authority.

Key Features

01Automated validation of legal currency including amendments and repeals

02Multi-source statutory search across India Code and government databases

03Source hierarchy logic for resolving conflicts between different judicial levels

04Structured research memorandum generation with standardized citation formats

05Boolean-powered case law research via Indian Kanoon and Supreme Court portals

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Use Cases

01Determining limitation periods and statutory requirements for specific civil or criminal actions

02Navigating transitional law changes such as the shift from IPC to Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

03Finding binding Supreme Court precedents and tracking their judicial treatment over time

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add swarochish/indian-law-plugin legal-research-assistant

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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