Topic directory
Law & policing
Verified datasets, public-interest software, research publications and organisations addressing law & policing.
- Aleph
Open-source investigative data search and cross-referencing engine for tracking corruption, corporate registries, and leaked records
Tool TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Aleph - Alternative Law Forum
Legal collective integrating legal practice with social justice, human rights, labour struggles, gender equity, and public interest research
Organisation Law & policingRights Karnataka, India
Go straight to Alternative Law Forum - Association for Democratic Reforms
Non-profit watchdog analyzing election affidavits, tracking political party finances, and litigating for electoral and governance transparency
Organisation ElectionsGovernance India
Go straight to Association for Democratic Reforms - Bribes.fyi
Anonymous reports of bribes paid or refused across India, searchable by department, city, amount and date
Data source TransparencyGovernance India
Go straight to Bribes.fyi - Centre for Law and Policy Research
Legal research trust dedicated to constitutional history, transgender rights, disability law, and caste discrimination litigation in India
Organisation Law & policingRights Karnataka, India
Go straight to Centre for Law and Policy Research - CivicDataLab
Research lab using open data, data science, and design to improve public finance, legal transparency, procurement, and civic tech in India
Organisation TechnologyPublic finance India
Go straight to CivicDataLab - Civis
Civic-tech platform enabling citizens to participate in public consultations and lawmaking.
Organisation CitiesGovernance India
Go straight to Civis - Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Independent international NGO advocating for police accountability, prison reforms, judicial access, and freedom of information across South Asia
Organisation Law & policingRights India, Global
Go straight to Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative - CourtsDaily
Search Indian court and tribunal cases, orders, hearing histories and outcomes by party, advocate, judge, court or keyword
Data source Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to CourtsDaily - IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement
Annual global accounting of internal displacement trends, drivers and policy impacts across conflict, climate and development shocks
Publication MigrationDisasters Global, India
Go straight to IDMC Global Report on Internal Displacement - Indian Kanoon
Search more than three crore Indian laws, judgments and orders, cross-linked to statutes, citations, courts, judges and precedents
Data source Law & policingRights India
Go straight to Indian Kanoon - International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Independent international network of investigative reporters famous for collaborative cross-border data investigations into offshore financial leaks
Organisation TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - Judicial Data Collaborative
Promoting transparency and accountability in governance through open judicial data — building a reliable open-source knowledge hub for the justice system
Organisation Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to Judicial Data Collaborative - Land Conflict Watch
A researcher-built database of ongoing land conflicts across India, mapped and documented district by district
Data source LandLaw & policing India
Go straight to Land Conflict Watch - MyNeta.info
ADRs MyNeta compiles candidate disclosures, criminal cases, assets and education records from India's election affidavits
Directory ElectionsGovernance India
Go straight to MyNeta.info - National Judicial Data Grid
Live case pendency and disposal figures for India's district and high courts, broken down by age, court and case type
Dashboard Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to National Judicial Data Grid - NCRB Crime in India
Annual national crime statistics compiled from state police records, plus accidental deaths and suicides
Data source Law & policingGender India
Go straight to NCRB Crime in India - Open India Law
Bulk dataset of 32.5M Indian judgment chunks, 1.1M legislation provisions, and tribunal matters, with the scrapers that build it
Data source Law & policingGovernance India
Go straight to Open India Law - OpenSanctions
Open-source database and matching engine consolidating international sanctions, politically exposed persons, and public procurement blacklists
Data source TransparencyGovernance Global, India
Go straight to OpenSanctions - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Global network of investigative journalists uncovering transnational crime, state corruption, and financial secrecy networks
Organisation TransparencyLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project - ParliamentWatch
Search, extract, download and track Indian Parliamentary Committee reports, with optional summaries and publication alerts
Tool GovernanceTransparency India
Go straight to ParliamentWatch - People's Union for Civil Liberties
India's oldest human rights membership organisation, conducting fact-finding inquiries and litigation for civil liberties and constitutional rights
Organisation RightsLaw & policing India
Go straight to People's Union for Civil Liberties - Software Freedom Law Center, India
Legal services organisation defending digital rights, user privacy, free expression, and tracking internet shutdowns across India
Organisation RightsTechnology India, Global
Go straight to Software Freedom Law Center, India - Tella
Secure documentation app for human rights — encrypt photos, videos, and audio on mobile, with camouflage features for high-risk environments
Tool RightsTechnology Global, India
Go straight to Tella - Uwazi
Open-source evidence database for organising, connecting, analysing and publishing human-rights documents and records
Tool RightsLaw & policing Global, India
Go straight to Uwazi - Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Independent legal think tank that drafts and critiques Indian legislation, and publishes the reasoning behind it
Organisation GovernanceLaw & policing India
Go straight to Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy - XKDR Forum
Interdisciplinary research group applying economics, law, public administration, and statistics to Indian public policy problems
Organisation GovernanceEconomy India
Go straight to XKDR Forum