| Value | Description |
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| Make this My Start Page | Click on this link to start subsequent sessions from this page. |
| Case name | Enter text to search for within the case name. |
| Search | To begin the search, click on the Search button. |
| Sources | Select a source from the drop-down list of your most recently used sources. Note that some sources cannot be removed as they are defined as key sources.  - To learn more about the contents of a source, click on the "i" icon to the right of the drop-down list. The document that appears generally explains such things as: coverage, frequency, update schedule, content summary, publisher and available document sections.
- More sources
- Click on this link to view sources other than the ones currently in the drop-down list.
- Edit this Source List
- Within the Sources drop-down list, click on this option to add, delete or rearrange the sources that are displayed.
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| Search terms | Enter your search terms, using connectors to show the relationship between the terms. - Search tips
- Click on this link to view descriptions and examples of the connectors, such as AND, OR, AND NOT, etc., which you may use in constructing your search.
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| Add topics to search | Click on this link to add index terms to your search. Index terms help you focus your search on a specific topic or broaden your search to span an entire subject. |
| Topics you added | If you have chosen index terms from the Add topics to search feature, this
box lists what you have already selected. - Connector
- The connector determines how each term relates to the rest of your
search. The first term must use AND, but you can change all others
by clicking on the connector. The options are OR, AND, and AND NOT.
 - Click to remove a term from your search.
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| Search within results - Terms | (Appears only when editing a search.) If you have previously entered any
"Search within results" terms in results, those terms will
appear in the text box. You may edit the terms if desired. |
| Citation | Enter the case citation. You may ignore brackets and other punctuation. To target your search to a specific page or paragraph of a citation, select Show more search options and then select either the Page number or the Para number option and specify a page or paragraph in the box. |
| Show more search options | Click on this link to display more search options on this form. |
| Hide these search options | Click on this link to hide the subsequent search options |
| Page number / Para number | Choose one of these options, then enter the paragraph or page number in the box. |
| Judgment date | You may narrow your search to documents published on a specific day or within the date range you specify. You have several options: - All available dates
- To remove all date restrictions from your search, select All available dates from the drop-down list.
- Today
- To restrict your search to only results from the current day, select this option.
- Date is...
- To search a specific day, select the date on which you wish to search.
- Date is before...
- To search all documents published on or before a specific date, select the Date is before... option from the drop-down list and select the date.
- Date is after...
- To search all documents published on or after a specific date, select Date is after... in the drop-down list and select the date.
- Date is between...
- To specify a date range, select the date from which you wish to search in the first field and the date to which you wish to search in the second field.
- Select a predefined date restriction
- Previous week, Previous month, Previous 3 months, Previous 6 months, Previous year, Previous 2 years, Previous 5 years, Previous 10 years, Previous 20 years.
- Previous...
- To specify all documents published in the previous n days, weeks, months or years, select Previous and select the value and the units of time (days, weeks, months or years) across which you wish to search.
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| Judgment | Enter text to search for within the case judgment. Example: misconduct |
| Catchwords | Enter text to search for within catchwords. |
| Headnote | Enter text to search for within headnotes. |
| Jurisdiction | Select one or more jurisdictions. Example: Uttar Pradesh |
| Reset List | Click on this link to reset the values in the Jurisdiction checkbox list. |
| Court | Select one or more courts in which to search within the above jurisdiction. Example: Supreme Court of India |
| Reset List | Click on this link to reset the values in the Court checkbox list. |
| Judge(s) | Enter a name or part of a name to restrict your search to a specific judge. Example: Madras High Court |
| Counsel | Enter a name or part of a name to restrict your search to a specific barrister or counsel. |
| Case type/digest | Make a selection from this drop-down list to restrict your search to a specific case type or digest. |
| References to legislation | Enter terms to search within references to legislation. |