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Indian Legal Research with August

For organizations configured with Indian jurisdiction, August grounds legal analysis, drafting, and advice in Indian law by default. If your firm has Indian legal research enabled, you can also search official Indian legislation, courts, tribunals, and regulators, and in Manual mode add Lexis Indian commentaries and Supreme Court of India judgments.

Who This Applies To

The Indian-law default applies when your organization is tagged with jurisdiction = IN. If your organization is not configured for Indian jurisdiction, your research queries follow standard routing and you will not see the India-specific behavior described here.

Contact your firm administrator or August support if you're unsure whether your organization is configured for Indian jurisdiction.

Indian Law by Default

August treats a legal question that names no jurisdiction as a question about Indian law. It cites Indian statutes, regulations, and precedent, such as the Indian Contract Act 1872, the Companies Act 2013, SEBI regulations, and Supreme Court and High Court judgments, and flags non-Indian legal concepts that come up unprompted.

  • Name another jurisdiction to override it. "What does English law say about..." or "Under US securities law..." gets you that jurisdiction's law.

  • Comparative and cross-border questions work as asked, for example "Compare the position on force majeure under Indian law and English law."

  • Non-legal questions about business topics or general knowledge are not affected.

This applies in every mode, including Auto and Manual.

Choose Research Sources

Pick which Indian sources August searches for a chat. Every source starts switched on.

  1. In the composer, open Research and choose Legal Research.

  2. Expand India and switch individual sources on or off.

Until you limit the selection, August can also search the open web. Once you limit it, research stays within the sources you selected unless you turn on Web Research in the same dialog.

Legislation and Parliament

  • India Code, the Legislative Department, the Gazette of India, Parliament, PRS Legislative Research, and Finance Bills

Courts

  • Supreme Court of India and the e-SCR (Digital Supreme Court Reports)

  • High Courts of Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Punjab & Haryana, Allahabad, Madhya Pradesh, Patna, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gauhati, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, and Orissa

  • Indian Kanoon

Tribunals

  • NCLT, NCLAT, ITAT, CESTAT, TDSAT, APTEL, NGT, CAT, AFT, and NCDRC

Regulators

  • RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, PFRDA, CCI, IBBI, TRAI, CERC, PNGRB, FSSAI, CDSCO, NPPA, and BIS

Ministries and government departments

  • MCA, Income Tax, CBIC, GST Council, DGFT, DPIIT, MeitY, IP India, the Labour Ministry, EPFO, ESIC, MoEFCC, Parivesh, the Enforcement Directorate, the Central Information Commission, and the Department of Consumer Affairs

Markets and depositories

  • NSE, BSE, NSDL, and CDSL

Lexis Commentaries and Supreme Court Judgments in Manual Mode

In Manual, the Research menu offers two more collections if your firm has them enabled. Switch them on for each turn where you want them searched; Auto does not add them for you.

  • Commentaries (shown as Lexis for some firms): Lexis Indian commentaries on statutes, regulations, and legal principles

  • Supreme Court of India: a collection of Supreme Court of India judgments

Citations and Verification

Research outputs include citations that link to the source consulted. Verify citations against the source material before relying on research outputs. See How August Handles Sources and Citations.

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