Judicial Data Collaborative

Judicial Data Wiki for Definitions and Taxonomies

The Justice Definitions Project is an attempt to take legal concepts beyond the literal definitions provided in legislation, public schemes, or in textbooks and collaboratively co-create definitions that engage with:

To host this broad-based initiative of collaborative knowledge capture and creation, we have created a publicly accessible and community-driven wiki:

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FOR ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS

Academic Institutions can organise Justice Definitions Edit-a-thon that would engage a wider network of students in a time bounded and unique collaborative research engagement where students will work in close interface with practitioners and researchers and enhance the repository.

To organise Justice Definitions Edit-a-thon in collaboration with DAKSH and JDC Members, please reach out to smita@dakshindia.org or bhavyasudhir@dakshindia.org

FOR STUDENTS

Students collate information related to the definition term, in the prescribed format and upload them on Justice Definitions wiki.

Students from law and public policy backgrounds can participate in the Student Research Associate Program of the Justice Definitions Project. The program offers a unique opportunity to analyse and understand the justice system through a research and writing exercise where, students collate information related to the definition term, in the prescribed format.  To Know more

FOR PRACTISING ADVOCATES AND RESEARCHERS

The Practising Advocates and Researchers review the wiki entries, add their insights from judicial data, and collaborate with us in creating a comprehensive repository, that reflects India’s diverse legal landscape.

Editorial Committee​

Nitya Kaligotla

Partner – Catalyst Law

Madhurima Dhanuka

Programme Head (Prison Reforms) – Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

Radhika Jha

Project Lead (Rule of Law)- Common Cause

Valay Singh

Project Lead, India Justice Report

Events

The Judicial Data Wiki for Definitions and Taxonomies was officially launched on August 17, 2023.

For the launch, we have Mr. Ankit Kaushik, Assistant Professor in Legal Research and  Co-Coordinator for the Centre for Criminology and Victimology at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. 

On April 20th, 2024 and April 27th, 2024, an edit-a-thon event was held with the School of Law Christ University. We’re thrilled at the response with 48 students participating over two weekends. A big thanks to Varun Sen Bahl and Priyanshi Dixit for lending their expertise on technology law and guiding student groups!