The contribution is an initiative to envisage efforts of Government of India and Non-Government Organizations envisioning legal information available in public domain and generated by public authorities. India is the 3rd largest Economy of Asia and setting new cornerstones in the field of law and legal research. From ancient kings’ rules to the largest democratic system of the world, Indian law has been developed to serve more than 1.27 billion of its citizens. India have more than 23 Law schools/universities and 1500 law colleges/departments.
Right to Information Act, 2005 have empowered citizens to get public related information explicitly. However, National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) was drafted and introduced in India in 2012. For making available information for public for social, economic and business development. Policy supports visualization of public information through www.data.gov.in. A detailed guideline for National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy has been prepared by the Open government Data Division, National Informatics Centre, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India in November 2015. The resources supported is well known as “Open government data (OGD) Platform India” (OGDPI) with major objective to publish/visualize data sets, reports, service procedures, dissemination and collection of data by the identities of Government departments/ ministries/autonomous organizations of India.
Apart from it, a number of other governmental web portals viz. The website of Parliament of India (www.parliamentofindia.nic.in), INDIA CODE (www.indiacode.nic.in), Judgement Information System (JUDIS) (www.judis.nic.in), COURTNIC (www.courtnic.nic.in), INDIAN COURTS (www.indiancourts.nic.in), National Human Rights Commission (www.nhrc.nic.in) and Law Commission of India (www.lawcommissionofindia.nic.in), are supported by National Informatics Centre for facilitating free access of legal information.
Legal Information Institute of India (www.liiofindia.org), Indian kanoon (www.indiankanoon.org) Legal Service India (http://www.legalserviceindia.com/) Legal India (http://www.legalindia.com/), Parliament Research Studies India (www.prsindia.org), and Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/) are other valuable initiatives which facilitates its precious supports for accessing and disseminating public legal information pertaining to India. The paper buttresses of sound information system conjured by various initiatives supported by information technology for development of efficient legal system succoured better justice.
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October 12th, 2018
Session VI.B. Experiences in Accessing the Law Across the Globe
14:45-17:15
Sala Strozzi of Natural History Museum of the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence