Made in IndiaFree
Starts at
Free
- Starting price
- Rs 500
- per month plus 18% GST (Premium)
- Free trial / plan
- Free
- Full judgment search, 25 court copies/month
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Web
- App Advisor rating
- 4.8
- transparency & India fit
What is Indian Kanoon?
Indian Kanoon is the free case-law search engine most Indian advocates, law students and in-house legal teams open before anything else. Sushant Sinha started building it in 2007 while doing a computer science PhD at the University of Michigan, and it went public on 4 January 2008. The browse section today covers the Supreme Court (including daily orders), 31 High Court collections, the Delhi and Bangalore district courts, 21 tribunals such as ITAT, NCLAT, NGT and CESTAT, plus Law Commission reports and Constituent Assembly, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha debates.
Its strength is search that understands how lawyers look for authority. You can restrict a query with title:, cite:, author: (the judge who wrote it) and bench:, combine terms with ANDD, ORR and NOTT, and filter results by court, year and document type. Every judgment shows what it cites and what later cites it, and citations are tagged by how the court treated them: relied on by a party, accepted, viewed negatively or neutral. Longer judgments get a structural breakdown into facts, issues, arguments, reasoning and conclusion.
The gaps are the ones you would expect from a free tool. There is no headnote editorial layer like SCC Online or Manupatra, district court coverage is limited to two cities, and the Android app was pulled from Google Play in October 2023 after Indian Kanoon declined to adopt Google's billing API, so Android users install it from the website instead. Practice management, billing and matter tracking are outside its scope entirely.
Money only enters when you want the Prism AI suite. The Free tier gives 25 court copies a month, 2 query alerts and a small number of Prism credits. Premium costs Rs 500 a month or Rs 5,000 a year, and Pro is Rs 1,500 a month or Rs 15,000 a year, both plus 18% GST and paid through Instamojo. Plans do not auto-renew. Developers can use a pay-per-call API priced from Rs 0.02 to Rs 0.50 per request. For a solo advocate who mainly needs judgments and citations, the free site is enough; buy Premium only if you will actually use the drafting and Q&A tools.
What works well
- +Core judgment and statute search is completely free with no login required
- +Field filters for judge author, bench, citation and title narrow results precisely
- +Cites and cited-by lists show how often a judgment has been followed
- +Citation sentiment tags flag precedents that a later court viewed negatively
- +Covers 21 tribunals including ITAT, NCLAT, NGT, CESTAT and Consumer forums
- +Paid Premium plan is cheap at Rs 5,000 a year plus GST
- +Pay-per-call API from Rs 0.02 per request with Rs 500 starting credit
What to watch out for
- −No editorial headnotes or curated digests like SCC Online or Manupatra
- −District court judgments are limited to Delhi and Bangalore collections
- −Android app is not on Google Play and must be sideloaded from the website
- −Prism AI pages publish no data security or confidentiality policy for uploads
- −No practice management, client billing or matter tracking features at all
Best suited for: Litigating advocates and junior associates researching case law daily · Law students and judiciary exam aspirants on a tight budget · Legal-tech developers who need judgments through a low-cost API · In-house legal and tax teams checking tribunal rulings such as ITAT orders
Indian Kanoon at a glance
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Indian Kanoon features
Researched from Indian Kanoon's official product pages · updated October 2026.
Search
- Boolean ANDD, ORR and NOTT operators
- Exact phrase search in quotes
- title:, cite:, author: and bench: field filters
- Date range in advanced search
- Result filters by court, year, judge and document type
Citation analysis
- Cites and cited-by lists on every judgment
- Hyperlinked references to cited judgments and laws
- Citation sentiment tags (relied, accepted, negative, neutral)
- Structural breakdown into facts, issues, arguments, reasoning and conclusion
Prism AI
- Know Your Kanoon legal Q&A chatbot with citations
- Upload and Chat on your own documents
- DocHub drafting with 80+ templates
- CasePredictAI outcome and risk estimates
- Counter Argument Generator
- Legal Sandbox for exam and moot practice
Research workflow
- NoteIK case annotation and notes
- Smart query alerts by email
- Alerts when a judgment gets cited
- PDF export of research topics
- Original court copy downloads
Developer API
- Search endpoint with the same operators
- Full document and original document retrieval
- Text fragments for a query
- Paragraph structure and precedent classification
- AI subject tags per judgment
AI capabilities
- Prism suite with chatbot Q&A, document chat, drafting, outcome prediction and counter-argument tools
- Machine-learned paragraph and citation classification, which the API page puts at over 80% accuracy
Indian Kanoon pricing (INR)
SourceEvery edition as published by the vendor. Prices exclude GST unless stated. Full Indian Kanoon pricing breakdown
Free
Rs 0
- Unlimited judgment and statute search
- 25 court copies per month
- 2 query alerts
- A few Prism credits to try every tool
Premium
Rs 500/month or Rs 5,000/year
Monthly, quarterly (Rs 1,500), half-yearly (Rs 2,700) or yearly; plus 18% GST
- 20x free Prism credits
- 500 MB storage
- 250 court copies per month
- 25 query alerts
- NoteIK annotations
Pro
Rs 1,500/month or Rs 15,000/year
Monthly, quarterly (Rs 4,500), half-yearly (Rs 8,000) or yearly; plus 18% GST
- 100x free Prism credits
- 2 GB storage
- 1,000 court copies
- 100 query alerts
- NoteIK annotations
Other pricing options & add-ons
API
Rs 500 free credit on sign-up; Rs 10,000/month free for verified non-commercial use
Rs 0.02 to Rs 0.50 per call
- • Subscriptions do not auto-renew; they lapse at the end of the paid period unless recharged.
- • Payments are processed through Instamojo.
- • The pricing page labels all prices '/year', but they are listed in monthly, quarterly, half-yearly and yearly order.
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Integrations, security & India
For Indian businesses
- Built specifically for Indian law: Supreme Court, 31 High Court collections, 21 tribunals and parliamentary debates
- Paid plans are priced in rupees and charged with 18% GST on top
- Payments go through Instamojo, which the pricing page says accepts 100+ payment modes
- Court copies are downloaded from High Court and Supreme Court websites, up to 1,000 a month on Pro
- API is billed in rupees per call, with Rs 10,000 monthly free credit for verified non-commercial users
Mobile apps
Indian Kanoon said the app was removed because it did not implement Google's revenue-sharing billing API.
Trust, compliance & who uses Indian Kanoon
2008
In business since
Indian Kanoon timeline — releases & milestones
Is Indian Kanoon the best choice for you?
Best choice if you are…
- Litigating advocates and junior associates researching case law daily
- Law students and judiciary exam aspirants on a tight budget
- Legal-tech developers who need judgments through a low-cost API
- In-house legal and tax teams checking tribunal rulings such as ITAT orders
Look elsewhere if you are…
- Firms that need editor-written headnotes and citator reports for court filings
- Practices looking for case diary, billing or client management software
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Sources (10) · updated October 2026
- https://indiankanoon.org
- https://indiankanoon.org/prism/pricing
- https://indiankanoon.org/prism/
- https://indiankanoon.org/premium/
- https://indiankanoon.org/search_tips.html
- https://indiankanoon.org/browse/
- https://api.indiankanoon.org
- https://api.indiankanoon.org/pricing/
- https://www.medianama.com/2023/10/223-indian-kanoon-app-removed-google-play/
- https://www.govloop.com/community/blog/sinha-on-indian-kanoon-free-legal-search-engine-the-genesis-and-the-legal-thirst
Indian Kanoon screenshots
Specifications
- Category
- Legal practice & compliance management
- Vendor
- Indian Kanoon
- Headquarters
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2008
- Pricing model
- Free
- Starting price
- Rs 500 · per month plus 18% GST (Premium)
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Platforms
- Web
- Best for
- Startup, Small business, SMB
- Made in India
- Yes
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Compare all Indian Kanoon alternatives with pricing →Indian Kanoon — frequently asked questions
Is Indian Kanoon free to use?+
Yes. Searching and reading judgments, statutes and tribunal orders on Indian Kanoon costs nothing and does not need an account. The free tier also includes 25 court copy downloads a month, two query alerts and a few Prism AI credits to try the tools. You only pay if you want more AI credits, storage, alerts or court copies through the Premium or Pro plans.
How much does Indian Kanoon Premium cost in India?+
Indian Kanoon Premium costs Rs 500 a month, Rs 1,500 a quarter, Rs 2,700 for six months or Rs 5,000 a year. Pro costs Rs 1,500 a month or Rs 15,000 a year. Both are charged plus 18% GST and paid through Instamojo. Subscriptions end at the close of the paid period unless you recharge, so there is no surprise auto-renewal.
What do Premium and Pro add over the free plan?+
Premium gives 20 times the free Prism credits, 500 MB storage, 250 court copies a month and 25 query alerts. Pro gives 100 times the free credits, 2 GB storage, 1,000 court copies and 100 alerts. Both include NoteIK for annotating cases. All plans get the same set of Prism tools, so the difference on Indian Kanoon is mainly how much you can use them.
What is Indian Kanoon Prism?+
Prism is the AI suite inside Indian Kanoon. It includes Know Your Kanoon, a legal Q&A chatbot that cites cases from the database; Upload and Chat for asking questions about your own documents; DocHub with more than 80 drafting templates; CasePredictAI for outcome and risk estimates; a Counter Argument Generator; and Legal Sandbox for exam and moot court practice. Usage draws down Prism credits.
Indian Kanoon vs SCC Online or Manupatra: which should I use?+
Indian Kanoon wins on cost and ease: free judgments, strong filters and citation sentiment tags. SCC Online and Manupatra add editor-written headnotes, curated digests and wider reporter citations, which senior counsel often rely on for filings. Many Indian advocates use Indian Kanoon for first-pass research and keep a paid SCC Online or Manupatra subscription for verification and citing reported versions.
Which courts and tribunals does Indian Kanoon cover?+
Indian Kanoon covers the Supreme Court and its daily orders, 31 High Court collections including separate benches and order series, the Delhi and Bangalore district courts, and 21 tribunals such as ITAT, NCLAT, NGT, CESTAT, CAT and Consumer Disputes. It also hosts Law Commission reports and Constituent Assembly, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha debates alongside central and state laws.
Does Indian Kanoon have a mobile app?+
Indian Kanoon had an Android app on Google Play until October 2023, when it was removed because the team chose not to implement Google's revenue-sharing billing API. The company directed users to install the app from its home page instead. The website itself works on mobile browsers, which is how most users access Indian Kanoon on phones today.
Does Indian Kanoon offer an API and what does it cost?+
Yes. The Indian Kanoon API charges Rs 0.50 per search or original document, Rs 0.20 per document, Rs 0.05 per fragment and Rs 0.02 per metadata call. New sign-ups get Rs 500 of free credit. Verified non-commercial users can receive Rs 10,000 of free credit each month. Responses include structural paragraph tags and citation sentiment labels.
Is it safe to upload client documents to Indian Kanoon Prism?+
Indian Kanoon's Prism pages do not publish a security, encryption or data retention policy for uploaded files, and we could not find any certification such as ISO 27001. Until the company documents how uploads are stored and used, advocates should avoid uploading privileged client material to Indian Kanoon and use redacted copies or public judgments for testing the AI tools.
How long does it take to get started with Indian Kanoon?+
Practically no setup is needed. Indian Kanoon search works immediately in a browser, and learning the title:, author:, bench: and cite: operators from the search tips page takes about ten minutes. Signing up for an account and buying a Premium plan through Instamojo takes a few minutes more. There is no onboarding, training or implementation project involved.
Where is the Indian Kanoon login page?+
Indian Kanoon's login is at https://indiankanoon.org/members/login/, linked from its official website.
How much does Indian Kanoon cost?+
Indian Kanoon publishes its plans at https://indiankanoon.org/prism/pricing. Check that page for current prices, as plans change.
What is Indian Kanoon?+
Indian Kanoon is legal practice & compliance management by Indian Kanoon, an Indian company from Bengaluru. Free Indian case law search.
How much does Indian Kanoon cost?+
Indian Kanoon publishes: Rs 500 · per month plus 18% GST (Premium). Confirm current plans and taxes on the official pricing page.
Does Indian Kanoon offer a free trial or free plan?+
Yes — Indian Kanoon offers a free plan you can start with.
Is Indian Kanoon made in India?+
Yes. Indian Kanoon is built by Indian Kanoon, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Who is Indian Kanoon best suited for?+
Indian Kanoon suits startup, small business, smb buyers looking for legal practice & compliance management.
What are the best alternatives to Indian Kanoon?+
Popular alternatives in legal practice & compliance management include LawRato, CaseMine, Vidhikarya. Use App Advisor's compare tool to see them side by side.
How is Indian Kanoon deployed?+
Indian Kanoon is available as a cloud (SaaS) product, with web access.
About Indian Kanoon
Indian Kanoon · Bengaluru, Karnataka · Founded 2008 · 1 product in our catalogue · Indian company
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