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AI-generated legal answer grounded in primary sources. countryCode='US' (default) covers USC, CFR, 50-state law, and CourtListener case law. countryCode='IN' covers 31M+ Indian judgments + 23K+ acts. US-only sourcesFilter: 'all' | 'statutes_only' | 'cases_only'. Modes: 'standard' or 'deep' (multi-ho

Boolean keyword search of the **Indian** corpus. Supports AND, OR, NOT and quoted phrases. Filter by courtType (supreme_court, high_court), courtName, year range. Returns paginated results with text, citation, court, relevance score, snippet, PDF. Present only the top results, do NOT emphasize total

Fast compact **Indian** legal case search returning top 3-5 results with just the essentials: title, citation, court, year, summary excerpt, and PDF link. Same boolean query syntax as search_legal_cases but returns fewer, flatter results. Best when you need a quick overview rather than detailed resu

Resolve any Indian legal citation format to its canonical case record. Accepts SCC, AIR, SCR, MANU, SCALE, INSC formats (e.g., '(2019) 11 SCC 706' or 'AIR 1976 SC 1207'). Returns case details and all known citation aliases/formats. Returns found=false (not an error) when citation cannot be resolved.

Search for legal cases by citation text or case name. Use when you know part of a case name (e.g., 'Maneka Gandhi') or a partial citation. Filter by court code (SC, DEL, BOM, MAD, etc.), year range, and validity status (GOOD_LAW, OVERRULED, DISTINGUISHED, etc.). Returns up to 50 matching cases with

Get full details for a specific case by its citation. Returns comprehensive case metadata, all known citation aliases, and citation treatment statistics showing how many times the case was followed, distinguished, overruled, approved, or referred. Use after resolve_citation or search_cases_by_citati

Traverse the citation network around a case. Returns nodes (cases) and edges (citing relationships) with treatment types (followed, distinguished, overruled). Specify direction: 'outbound' (cases this cites), 'inbound' (cases citing this), or 'both'. Set depth (1-3 hops) and limit (1-100 nodes). Use

Get current API credit pricing. Returns per-endpoint credit costs and credit-to-currency conversion rates (1 credit = $0.01 USD). No authentication required. Use to check costs before making API calls.

Search 23,000+ Indian acts, regulations, and legislation using semantic search. Find specific statutory provisions, definitions, penalties, and procedures. Filter by category (central, state, regulatory), state, department (SEBI, RBI, TRAI, etc.), and year range. Returns relevant act sections with t

Get URLs for the full text, PDF, and HTML versions of a specific Indian act. Pass the act_id (e.g., 'IND_central_2187' for Indian Contract Act). Returns R2 CDN URLs — fetch the text/PDF content directly from those URLs.

Get the complete amendment history for an Indian act. Returns all footnotes showing substitutions, insertions, omissions, and notes made by amending acts. Filter by section number or amendment type. Each footnote shows the amending act name and original text (if available). Use to trace how a statut

Browse 23,000+ Indian acts, regulations, and legislation. Use to **discover act_id values** for get_act_text and get_amendments. Filter by category (central, state, regulatory, repealed, spent), state slug, department (sebi, rbi, etc.), year range, and status (in_force, repealed, spent). Sort by yea

Semantic search across the **United States Code (USC)** and **Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)**. Use for federal statutory and regulatory questions: SEC (Title 17), FDA (Title 21), civil rights (Title 42), tax (Title 26), etc. Filter by corpusType ('USC' | 'CFR') and titleNumber. Returns sections

Get metadata for a specific US statute or regulation section by act_id (e.g. 'USC_T42_C21_S1983'). The act_id comes from search_us_statutes results or ask_legal_question sources. Returns citation, title hierarchy, breadcrumb, and links to HTML, PDF, and XML formats. Use before get_us_statute_section

Get the **full text** of a US statute or regulation section (USC or CFR) by act_id. Returns both styled HTML (with cross-references and paragraph numbering as published in the official code) and plain text. Use when you need the actual statutory language for quotation, drafting, or analysis.