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Rachit Jain
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IndiaCode: 76,000+ Indian statute sections with permanent URLs and open JSON

If you've ever tried to cite a specific section of an Indian Act in a brief, a blog post, or an AI prompt, you know the pain: PDF scans, broken government links, and no stable permalink.

We built IndiaCode to fix that — every Central and State Act, section by section, each on its own permanent URL.

What it covers

  • 834 Central Acts + 1,410 State Acts
  • 76,876 sections, each with a citable URL (e.g. BNS Section 103)
  • 35,385 rules, notifications, and subordinate instruments
  • IPC→BNS, CrPC→BNSS, Evidence Act→BSA side-by-side transition pages

Why developers should care

  • Markdown + JSON export for every section
  • Structured data on every page
  • Open sitemap at /data/
  • No paywall, no registration, no ads over the text

Example use cases

  • Link directly to a statute section in legal tech apps
  • Feed bare-act text into RAG pipelines without OCR
  • Compare old vs new criminal law in one view

Check it out: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/

Built by the eCourtsIndia team. Feedback welcome — especially on state acts coverage and API shape.

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