New Delhi: The India Legal Information Institute's new website — www.indlii.org — providing free of cost all legal information, including judgments of the Supreme Court, High Courts, tribunals and even district courts, "has now become fully operational."

It is a "New Year gift to the people," chairman Adish Aggarwala told The Hindu . The web site was formally launched by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on November 26, 2006 on the occasion of Law Day.

The institute was committed to collecting legal information about India from all available sources; publishing it on the Internet with free and full public access; granting the public rights to use legal resources without any restriction; creating awareness of the availability of free legal resources; removing hurdles to providing information and coordinating with other institutions to explore sources and utilisation of legal information.

"Initially all judgments of the Supreme Court, including the old and latest judgments are available and copies can be taken free of charge."

All High Courts would be covered in phases. At present, judgments of the Allahabad, Calcutta, Bombay and Delhi High Courts were available. The decisions of the Central Administrative Tribunals and district courts, besides cause lists of the Supreme Court and High Courts, would also be made available soon.

The website has information on law universities with a list of affiliated colleges offering five and three-year degree courses.

It contains Central and State Acts and the Constitution of India.

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