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Indian Kanoon

Ch 027.2of 31 Legal Research Software
  1. 1Runs onAndroid, API, Web
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Case law searchYes
  4. 4Statute & regulation searchYes
  5. 5Legal commentaryYes
  6. 6Citation toolsYes
  7. 7Jurisdiction coverageIndia; Supreme Court; High Courts; tribunals; Delhi and Bengaluru district courts; Union, state, and Union territory laws
  8. 8Research alertsYes
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Overview

Indian Kanoon is ranked #2 of 31 in legal research software on Specifiction. It runs on Android, API, Web. There is a free plan.

Indian Kanoon plans and pricing

All plans
Free Free ₹ 0 0 0 0 /year · few Prism credits · 25 court copies per month · 2 query alerts indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Pro Not published ₹ 1500 monthly · ₹ 4500 quarterly · ₹ 8000 half-yearly · ₹ 15000 yearly; + 18% GST 100x Free Prism credits · 2GB storage · 1000 court copies · 100 query alerts indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Premium Not published ₹ 500 monthly · ₹ 1500 quarterly · ₹ 2700 half-yearly · ₹ 5000 yearly; + 18% GST 20x Free Prism credits · 500MB storage · 250 court copies per month · 25 query alerts indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
API usage Not published Flat usage based pricing; prepaid Search ₹0.50/request · Original Document ₹0.50/request · Document ₹0.20/request · Document Fragment ₹0.05/request · Document Metainfo ₹0.02/request · Free ₹500 development/test credit; non-commercial use cases can receive ₹10,000 monthly after use-case verification api.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on legal research software

Free plan
Yesindiankanoon.org
Case law search
Yesindiankanoon.org
Statute & regulation search
Yesindiankanoon.org
Legal commentary
Yesindiankanoon.org
Citation tools
Yesindiankanoon.org
Jurisdiction coverage
India; Supreme Court; High Courts; tribunals; Delhi and Bengaluru district courts; Union, state, and Union territory lawsindiankanoon.org
Research alerts
Yesindiankanoon.org

Facts

Purpose
Indian Kanoon provides searchable access to Indian laws and court judgments, linking statutes with cases to help identify relevant clauses and interpretations.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Database
The site says its database contains over 3 crore documents, including court judgments and orders, laws, Lok Sabha debates, and Law Commission reports.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Search tools
Search supports advanced filters for document type, date, title, citation, author, and bench, as well as phrase and Boolean-style operators.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Judgment analysis
For documents longer than five paragraphs, structural analysis segments judgments into categories such as facts, issues, arguments, precedent analysis, reasoning, and conclusion.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Precedent analysis
The site categorizes cited-case discussion as relied on by a party, accepted by court, negatively viewed by court, or having no clear sentiment.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Prism AI
Prism includes tools for database-grounded legal questions, document chat, drafting and review, counterarguments, case outcome predictions, moot simulation, and study assistance.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Document limit
Talk with Doc on IK currently has limited support for documents above 50,000 words.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
NoteIK and collaboration
NoteIK supports research topics, annotations, searchable notes, and collaboration with other members.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Alerts
Query Alert Service sends daily alerts when matching legal documents are added and can track new orders citing a specified judgment.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
API integration
The API provides search, document, court copy, document fragment, and document metadata endpoints, with Python and Java clients and JSON or XML responses.api.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
API security
API requests can be authenticated with a shared token or public-private key signatures, and duplicate signed messages are rejected to prevent replay use.api.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Privacy
Prism session data is shared with contracted LLM providers to generate responses, and those providers are obligated to protect it and use it only for that purpose.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Data protection
The privacy policy says Indian Kanoon cannot guarantee absolute security, and it may transfer data outside the user's jurisdiction.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Support
API users with issues are directed to contact the service by email.api.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026
Intended users
The site presents its free searchable legal texts as intended to make legal information accessible to the public, while its premium research tools are described for legal practitioners and professionals.indiankanoon.org · 4 Oct 2026

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