The Justice Definitions Project

Welcome to the Judicial Data Collaborative Definitions Project!

The Justice Definitions Project (WIKI), is an initiative under the Judicial Data Collaborative, working towards building a comprehensive, credible, and inclusive legal knowledge commons to make legal knowledge simple and accessible to all. It is a community-driven initiative where we aim to bring together and engage people from the legal community across India to make legal knowledge accessible to a wider Indian audience and create a resourceful community to network and share with.
Launched in 2022, the Judicial Data Collaborative (JDC) is a community of individuals and organizations interested in facilitating accessibility, quality, and reliability of judicial data, convened by DAKSH.
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The project has three aligned objectives

To create a public good for those interested in the justice system in India in the form of a research wiki that connects (i) formal institutions, (ii) actors, (iii) core concepts relating to their functioning, (iv) various metrics used to assess their performance, and (v) demonstrates how challenging concepts have been measured. The wiki brings out linkages between official literature, public databases, and current research that analyses these facets. At present, the justice system is being observed through courts, police, and prisons.

To bring out some of the gaps, overlaps, and challenges in understanding and consuming publicly available data released by Indian justice institutions.

To act as a platform that allows contributors to discuss, suggest, and agree on actionable ways that official "data creators" may adapt current practices to be more transparent, accessible, and responsible to the public. These suggestions will not only be geared towards researchers but also technologists focused on interoperability of systems & developing tools that consume and add value to justice data.

Structure of Wiki Entries

The Definitions Pages adhere to a common format and align to a prescribed structure as much as possible

Example articles

We've created a small set of sample articles to demonstrate the structure of potential pages and value to students, researchers, journalists, practicing lawyers, and those involved in building technology for the justice system in India. For definitions added to the wiki but not yet reflected in the table, please refer to the consolidated list at wiki uploads to explore the wiki further.

Live Definition Pages

Adjournment Advocate Affidavit Agreement (Competition Law) Anticipatory Bail

Appellate Tribunal of Electricity Appellate Tribunal of Fortified Property (SAFEMA) Armed Forces Tribunal Arrears Arrest

Backlog Bail Bench Beyond reasonable doubt Bihar Real Estate Appellate Tribunal

Cartel Case Clearance Rate Case Information System (CIS) Case Pending per Judge Causelist

Caveat Central Administrative Tribunal Central Bureau of Investigation Charge-Sheet Cognizance

Commercial Court Complaint Compounding Condonation of Delay Consumer court

Contempt Convict Court complex Court Establishment Court manager

Court-annexed Arbitration Centre Courts Criminal Leave Petitions Criminal Trial Custodial Violence

Custody Custom, Excise, and Service Tax AppellateTribunal (CESTAT) Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal Debt Recovery Tribunal Decree

Delegated Legislation Detainee/Detenu Digital Courts Discharge Dominant Position

Ex-Ante Ex-Post Family court Fast Track Court Fast Track Special Court First Information Report (FIR)

Furlough Goa State Administrative Tribunal Government Litigation Gram Nyayalaya Haryana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal

Hearing Human Rights Commission Hypothecation ICJS Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

Industrial Tribunal Injunction Intellectual Property Appellate Tribunal Interlocutory application Investigating Officer

Investigation Judge Judge to Population ratio Judgement Judicial Custody

Judicial Workload Jurisdiction Karnataka Real Estate Appellate Tribunal Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal Kerala State Administrative Tribunal

Legal Services Authorities Lok adalat Madhya Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal Maharashtra State Administrative Tribunal National Company Law Appellate Tribunal

National Company Law Tribunal National Green Tribunal Natural justice Notary Open Court

Order Panchanama Paperless Court Parole Patent

Pendency Per Capita spend on Judiciary Perjury Petitioner Plea Bargain

Pledge Police Case Diary Police Complaints Authority (PCA) Police Custody Police Station

Prayer Pre-institution Mediation Predatory Pricing Presumption of Innocence Preventive Detention

Prison Probation Prosecution Protest Petition Public Prosecutor

Rajasthan Real Estate Appellate Tribunal Real Estate Appellate Tribunal Recusal Remand Remission

Repeal Respondent Roster Securities Appellate Tribunal Sentence

Special courts State Administrative Tribunal Subjudice Summary Case Summon Case

Tamil Nadu Real Estate Appellate Tribunal Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal Test Identification Parade Tie-in agreement Timeframe for Judicial Proceeding

Transfer Petition Tribunals Undertrials Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal Vakalatnama

Victim Victim Compensation Virtual Courts Virtual Hearing Warrant Case

West Bengal State Administrative tribunal Will Witness Witness Protection Writ Petition


Adjournment	Advocate	Affidavit	Agreement (Competition Law)	Anticipatory Bail
Appellate Tribunal of Electricity	Appellate Tribunal of Fortified Property (SAFEMA)	Armed Forces Tribunal	Arrears	Arrest
Backlog	Bail	Bench	Beyond reasonable doubt	Bihar Real Estate Appellate Tribunal
Cartel	Case Clearance Rate	Case Information System (CIS)	Case Pending per Judge	Causelist
Caveat	Central Administrative Tribunal	Central Bureau of Investigation	Charge-Sheet	Cognizance
Commercial Court	Complaint	Compounding	Condonation of Delay	Consumer court
Contempt	Convict	Court complex	Court Establishment	Court manager
Court-annexed Arbitration Centre	Courts	Criminal Leave Petitions	Criminal Trial	Custodial Violence
Custody	Custom, Excise, and Service Tax AppellateTribunal (CESTAT)	Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal	Debt Recovery Tribunal	Decree
Delegated Legislation	Detainee/Detenu	Digital Courts	Discharge	Dominant Position
Ex-Ante Ex-Post	Family court	Fast Track Court	Fast Track Special Court	First Information Report (FIR)
Furlough	Goa State Administrative Tribunal	Government Litigation	Gram Nyayalaya	Haryana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal
Hearing	Human Rights Commission	Hypothecation	ICJS	Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
Industrial Tribunal	Injunction	Intellectual Property Appellate Tribunal	Interlocutory application	Investigating Officer
Investigation	Judge	Judge to Population ratio	Judgement	Judicial Custody
Judicial Workload	Jurisdiction	Karnataka Real Estate Appellate Tribunal	Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal	Kerala State Administrative Tribunal
Legal Services Authorities	Lok adalat	Madhya Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal	Maharashtra State Administrative Tribunal	National Company Law Appellate Tribunal
National Company Law Tribunal	National Green Tribunal	Natural justice	Notary	Open Court
Order	Panchanama	Paperless Court	Parole	Patent
Pendency	Per Capita spend on Judiciary	Perjury	Petitioner	Plea Bargain
Pledge	Police Case Diary	Police Complaints Authority (PCA)	Police Custody	Police Station
Prayer	Pre-institution Mediation	Predatory Pricing	Presumption of Innocence	Preventive Detention
Prison	Probation	Prosecution	Protest Petition	Public Prosecutor
Rajasthan Real Estate Appellate Tribunal	Real Estate Appellate Tribunal	Recusal	Remand	Remission
Repeal	Respondent	Roster	Securities Appellate Tribunal	Sentence
Special courts	State Administrative Tribunal	Subjudice	Summary Case	Summon Case
Tamil Nadu Real Estate Appellate Tribunal	Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal	Test Identification Parade	Tie-in agreement	Timeframe for Judicial Proceeding
Transfer Petition	Tribunals	Undertrials	Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal	Vakalatnama
Victim	Victim Compensation	Virtual Courts	Virtual Hearing	Warrant Case
West Bengal State Administrative tribunal	Will	Witness	Witness Protection	Writ Petition