How do you access TCPD Judiciary data?

TCPD Judiciary is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.

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TCPD-IJD

TCPD Indian Judiciary Dataset (TCPD-IJD)

Name: TCPD Indian Judiciary Dataset (TCPD-IJD)
Creator: Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

TCPD judiciary releases are used for structured court and case-related research complementary to NJDG dashboards.

Open downloadGitHub repoLarge

justice governance

Host / institution

GitHub · Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

Geography

India, court

Time coverage

1950–2021

Update frequency

1950–2021 coverage in release notes

What this is best for

Open structured judiciary data companion to NJDG dashboards

Main limitations

Not a substitute for eCourts case APIs; schema depends on release notes

Quick answers

Short research-facing answers derived from this catalog record.

What is TCPD Judiciary used for?: Open structured judiciary data companion to NJDG dashboards
How do you access TCPD Judiciary data?: TCPD Judiciary is labeled “Open download” on this guide. Open the access portal or documentation links on the record for the current host process—do not assume open download if registration or a DUA is required.
What geography and time does TCPD Judiciary cover?: Geography: India, court. Time coverage: 1950–2021.
What are the main limitations of TCPD Judiciary?: Not a substitute for eCourts case APIs; schema depends on release notes

Guides for using this data

Official portals, user guides, codebooks, and tutorials for access and analysis.

2 links

Variables4

Representative fields from GitHub materials (confirm full dictionary on the official portal). Representative fields for the page table — verify the full dictionary on the official site.

Open official dictionary

Name / code	Description	Group
case or judge identifiers (as published)	Case or judge identifiers (as published)	Representative fields
court level	Court level	Representative fields
dates	Dates	Representative fields
outcome fields where coded	Outcome fields where coded	Representative fields

Formats

CSV · documentation

Technical tags

githubopen download

Example uses

Courts, delay, and judicial politics research

Research and articles using this data

Verified examples that analyze, reuse, introduce, or visualize this dataset. Search matches without evidence are not published here.

3 verified sources

Scholarly works3

Journal articleAnalyzes data
Law, Women Judges and the Gender Order
Kcasey McLoughlin · 2021
Analyzes TCPD Judiciary data in the context of: "Law, Women Judges and the Gender Order".
Journal articleAnalyzes data
National Council of Juvenile Court Judges Committee Appointments 1970–1971
Juvenile Court Judges Journal · 1970
Analyzes TCPD Judiciary data in the context of: "National Council of Juvenile Court Judges Committee Appointments 1970–1971".
ReportAnalyzes data
The High Court today
Kcasey McLoughlin · Law, Women Judges and the Gender Order · 2021
Analyzes TCPD Judiciary data in the context of: "The High Court today".

Scholarly checked:: 10 Sept 2026
Web checked:: Not checked yet

Open access portal Repository

Pairs well with

Many Indian data problems need survey + administrative combinations.