1. By Sakshi Garg Assistant Manager
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Introduction to AIR Supreme Court/ High Court or the respective CD-ROM Software
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2. Introduction
AIR Supreme court/ High court or the respective CD-ROM software is introduced by AIR Infotech, a concern of All India Reporter Pvt. Ltd.
How to Access:
Campus wide limited access
4 concerned user license
To connect the database, contact help desk for "dongle"
Content:
AIR Supreme Court Software (1950- till March’ 2013)- contains more than 36,000 judgments
AIR High Court Software (1950- till March’ 2013)- contains more than 86,000 judgments
AIR Criminal Law Journal Software (1950- till March’ 2013)- contains more than 44,000 judgments
AIR Supreme Court Weekly Software (1991- till March’ 2013)
Bare Acts - Constitution of India, Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (act no. 2 of 1974), Evidence Act (1 of 1872), and Penal Code (45 of 1860)
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3. AIR Multiple Infobase software’s Homepage Press [Ctrl+Tab] or Click “Index” to select required database
AIR Criminal Law Journal Database
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Bare Acts
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AIR Supreme Court Database
AIR High Court Database
AIR Supreme Court Weekly Database

4. Familiarity with the interface
Previous Judgment [Shift + F5]
Next Judgment [F5]
Go Forward [Shift + F6]
Go Back [F6]
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Previous Hit [Shift+F4]
Next Hit [F4]

5. How to print Open the case & click on print tab (Ctrl+P)
How to print Open the case & click on print tab (Ctrl+P). Select section option and the case and then ok
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Print [Ctrl + P]
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6. Features & Search Options
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Indices
Nominal Index
Subject Index
Topical Index
Judge Index
Remarks Index
Additional Tools
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7. Nominal Index Search cases by the name of the petitioner e. g
Nominal Index Search cases by the name of the petitioner e.g. looking for “A. B. Abdul Kadir v. State of Kerala” (AIR1976SC182) judgment, go to “A” alphabet > “Aa” letter (all cases starts from A. or AA letter, searchable easily)
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8. Subject Index Search by subject e. g
Subject Index Search by subject e.g. looking for “Penal Code (45 of 1860) and Section 100”, go to “P” alphabet > “Pe” letter > click on + sign, to go to particular section like s.100 for section 100
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9. Topical Index Search cases by a topic e. g
Topical Index Search cases by a topic e.g. looking for “Death Sentence”, go to “D” alphabet > “De” letter > (all cases related to the topic are searchable easily)
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10. Judge Index Search judgments delivered by a judge e. g
Judge Index Search judgments delivered by a judge e.g. Hon’ble justice S.C. Sen, go to “S” alphabet > “Sa” letter > (all judgments delivered by the judge are searchable easily)
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11. Remarks Index Cases fetch by following remarks: Overruled
No Longer Good Law
Per Incuriam (ignores statutory provision and therefore wrong decision made)
Dissented (disagreed)
Reversed
Followed
Relied
Followed by other journals
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12. Additional Tools Forms & Pleading Comparative chart- for CPC and CrPC
Comparative chart of provisions, code of civil procedure
Comparative table of tables, code of criminal procedure
HC Equivalent Citation for other journals
Criminal Law Journal Equivalent Citation for other journals
SC Equivalent Citation for other journals
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13. 10 Different Types of Searches
Head Note
Page No.
Any Condition
Cases Referred
Judgment
Free Text
Relevancy
Nominal
Date of Decision
Advanced Query
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14. Head Note Search by Statute name (laws/ acts) e. g
Head Note Search by Statute name (laws/ acts) e.g. Penal Code 45 of 1860, Provision/ article/ section/ rule/ order e.g. art.19/ s.34/ r.10/ o.1 , Main topic e.g. murder, Keywords e.g. eye witness and click on “Apply to All”.
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15. Search within search In HEADNOTE search, enter any topic in MAIN TOPIC field e.g. “Judicial Service” and no. of result found in PARTITION WITH HITS BOX. To filter search result, enter topic in KEYWORDS field e.g. “Appointment of High Court Judge”
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16. Any Condition A Multiple-Combination Search of Statute & Provision/Judge/Nominal/Bench Strength/Date of Decision/Topic-Free Text. e.g. search judgment delivered by six judges bench strength on topic “Murder” & 4 judgments are shown as result.
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17. Cases Referred Search cases in which given citation [citation format/ nominal] are referred. ex. of Citation format: SCC 228 ex. of nominal citation: Kesavananda Bharati
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18. Judgment Search Search single/ multiple terms or phrase (in inverted commas) in a judgment e.g. "equality before law" "right to life"
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19. Free-text Search Search any term or phrase in entire text i. e
Free-text Search Search any term or phrase in entire text i.e. headnotes & judgement. E.g. to search admissions in medical college, search cases by “"admission medical where % search for colleges means search max. 6 words in b/w given words.
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20. Relevancy Search Search cases of their relevancy e. g
Relevancy Search Search cases of their relevancy e.g. "culpable homicide" ^murder [ ^ indicates “culpable homicide” but not murder] e.g. “Life imprisonment” | “Death sentence” [ | indicates EITHER Life imprisonment OR Death sentence]
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21. Nominal Search ANY NOMINAL: Enter any one party name NOMINAL INDEX: if know both parties name e.g. Maneka Gandhi v Union of India Use wild card operator (* for multi-character,? For single character) if not sure of nominal’s spelling e.g. ag*wal, organi?ation
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Thank you
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