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he case laws in Manu atra are di ided into elds. ach eld contains a s eci c in orma on (e.g., a ellant res ondent name,
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decide to read the ull te t), cases re erred with a ro riate conte t o re erence, e ui alent cita ons, ci ng re erence etc.

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Court elec on in Manu Search ou can now choose to search in only Indian Courts or Interna onal Courts by making a selec on
rom the dro down. y de ault (court lter is unchecked) the site will show results rom both Indian and Interna onal Courts.

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A gear like icon Se ngs is shown beside e ery manuid men oned linked in a document, which when clicked
dis lays the number o mes the udgment has been cited in other udgments. he treatment o the sub ect case in other
cases is also de icted. Manu Cite when clicked rom the to bar dis lays a sorted iew o all the manuids men oned in the
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eature: his eature will assist the ser in knowing as to in what ers ec e cases men oned in a ar cular
udgment were treated or considered by the Court deli ering udgment.

o it or s:
·O en a udgment, go to Ci ng Re erence tem late.
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his eature will gi e user a uick in o on number o erdicts assed and as a ailable in Manu atra database with the hel
o gra hical re resenta on. his eature will hel the researcher user to orm a sta s cal o inion on re ailing
rominence o legal issue during a ar cular year range is-a- is erdicts assed by the res ec e Courts, ribunals and
Commissions, No ca ons as co ered in Manu atra database.
he abo e men oned meline will a ear at the to o search lter column

o it or s:

o see the imeline ra h in bigger rame click on the gra h in smaller rame a earing in the search window.

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he ollowing commentaries co ering all ma or Acts are currently a ailable online on www.manu atra.com. he
re ository con nues to grow as more commentaries are added.
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§Code o Ci il Procedure,
§Code o Criminal Procedure, . Click on Legal earc Miscellaneous earc es earc Comm
§Com anies Act,
§Cons tu on o India
§Consumer Protec on Act, Search Commentary
§Co yright Act,
§Court ees Act,
§ m loyee s Com ensa on Act,
§ actories Act,
§Indian Contract Act, . In the le T C click on Commentaries Trea ses
§Indian idence Act,
§Indian Stam Act,
§Industrial Dis utes Act,
§Jammu Kashmir( tension o Laws) Act,

§Ju enile Jus ce Act,

§Limita on Act, Commentaries rea ses
§Nego able Instruments Act,
§S eci c Relie Act,
§Suits alua on Act,
§ rans er o Pro erty Act,

he ollowing inter ace will o en.

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icon to read the commentary.

hen there is a re erence o a sec on o an act, in a udgment, clicking on the sec on gi es you the o on o reading
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where you Search o ons gi es on every page so you
can easily navigate the
want to search you the ability to run a
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Manu atra database ro ides abs that makes plit rame: s eci c search o your
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want to go quickly

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to o the list with the iden ying in orma on about each search a earing in ad acent columns.
· le i ility to search in Selected databases or All databases. y de ault Manu atra searches in All documents. ou may select any ermuta on
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ilters on manu atra gi e you the ability to uickly ocus on the documents that are most
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hen you run a search uery, the results are automa cally clustered under the abo e heads
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his eature will assist the user to easily understand his last searches done in gra hical ormat as well so that one can see the
di erence among those searches.

o it or s:
·O en Search history, click on the Ma tab a earing on the age. On the le side o the rame you will see, your arent
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· ogo back to the lis ng ormat click on the List tab.
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See multiple search Take the mouse over the

representation by selecting document sign , it will show
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and by de ault it will show results rom Su reme Court. I you wish to see the results rom other courts lease select the court
rom Select Court dro down. he list o courts you can see as er your subscri on lan.

? ou can also choose to search within the A ellant Res ondent ( ield Search) ,Cita on and on the eb as well.
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sers can now seamlessly access content and resources rom Manu atra and the o en eb rom their MS Outlook
while reading or com osing email.

o to use:
? ighlight the te t in your email (reading or com osing) you want to search and click on Manu Search Icon a earing in
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? ou will be rom ted to Login to Manu atra.
?Please enter your Manu atra Sign In and assword ensure no one is logged in with the same Sign in else it will gi e you
he session is already ac e message.

?Once you Login success ully you will be able to see the search results or your highlighted uery. his will be a ree te t
search and by de ault it will show results rom Su reme Court. I you wish to see the results rom other courts lease select
the court rom Select Court dro down. he list o courts you can see as er your subscri on lan.
? ou can also choose to search within the A ellant Res ondent ( ield Search) ,Cita on and on the eb as well.
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? o co y any ma er rom search results, can drag and dro the te t rom the results documents to your word le by
highligh ng the te t and dragging the te t to the cursor osi on. his sa es you ty ing.

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Now u load any document rom Manu atra to your cloud account (e.g. Dro bo oogle Dri e) at the click
o a bu on

?Click on cloud icon (bo om icons) rom documents age to u load the document to your cloud account.
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eatures:
sers can now mark comments, add a note as well as highlight any or on o te t while reading the udgement, as er their
ersonal re uirement, or uture re erence.

?O en any udgement and click on the S cky Note below Sign O as shown below .
? ou will no ce s cky note control anel a earing on the right o the udgement.
? o start highligh ng any te t, select the en- ad icon rom the to o ons as shown here select the te t in
the udgment.
? sing the tool bar you can select the colour style or your highlighted te t or on. ser ha e an o on o old,
Italic and underline.
? hey can also change the ont ty e.
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Click on Add Note, a
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o it or s:
?O en a case against which you want to create in ite share note, Click on My Note ad on the to Menu, and click on
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? o in ite your colleagues (who are using Manu atra) click on on In ite to Share Note bu on. An email will be send
with the document id against which you want to in ite share note to the users whom you ha e in ited.
?All the notes wri en against that document will be dis layed along with your note.
? ou can iew the note by clicking on the cli icon a earing on the to le o the document as soon as you create a
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Print Replica of the

Multiple equivalent citations Judgment as appearing
to print journals. Manupatra in the Print Journal with
covers citations of over 280 page nos.
Journals making your
research easier.

Click on Judge name to Click on Counsel name to view

view the cases from various all cases from various courts
courts for the judge for the Counsel.

Judgments are classified

across 50 subjects of law

Click to view the catch

words in the judgment
Cases where the
subject case has been
mentioned in future

Manupatra database
gives ready links to
referred cases

Overruled/Reversed
status with link to the
respective case
Prior History of the
case showing which
court has the appeal
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Citing reference which

analyses whether the
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been Mentioned, Relied
on: Discussed:
Affirmed: Distinguished:
Dissented

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Reason for deciding Full text of the

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On www.manu atra.com you can sa e your search and use sel e lanatory nomenclature to name the sa ed
search. NO you can also set an AL R to get results or your search uery rom the new documents which are
added on site e ery day.

Eg. if you did a search for "gender jus ce" as a phrase and saved it under the name 'gender jus ce', you can now set an
alert wherein, every me a new document is uploaded with "gender jus ce " as a phrase you will get an email alert with
brief details of the document.

o to se t e earc lert eature

·Login to www.manu atra.com site as a subscriber and click on Manage Search on your my ome Page as shown
in g below.

·Click on dit link or the Search Name you wish to set an alert or. Select the number o iry Days ( this is
number o days or which you wish to recei e Alerts or the sub ect search uery). Click on pdate under dit
o on . hen click on na le to ini ate the Alert.

ou can Disable the Alert at any oint o me by clicking on isa le bu on against the Search Name.

·Once the Alert is success ully nabled, you will start recei ing the Alerts on your registered email id as and when
any udgment is u loaded on www.manu atra.com which contains your search uery or which you ha e set the
Alert. he email in ma on will contain details o the document which you can access by Signing on to
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Manu atra Deskto Alert ser ice is a com limentary ser ice rom Manu atra designed to hel you stay connected with
sna shots o legal e ents on all working days.
It is an internet a lica on that resides on your deskto and is managed by the ser er com onent o our la orm.

ey eatures:
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? his ser ice is com limentary and takes only seconds to install.
?Manu atra will alert you on im ortant case laws, no ca ons, Statutes, news, etc., through cris summaries.
?New In orma on ows on to your deskto so you don t ha e to access di erent sites to kee yoursel u dated.
?Doesnot inter ere with your work. Deskto Alert remains in your indows system tray. As soon as an alert is recei ed, it o s
u .
? oom In and oom Out eature is a ailable.

Desktop Alert on Chrome is also available.

hen you log in and go to your manucli age ,by de ault it will show you udgments or the sub ects you ha e selected.

ou can iew and change your o ons at any oint o me and any number o mes.
To o nload Log on to: h www.manu atra.com downloads ln

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his ser ice allows you to monitor u dates on No ca ons and Judgments without actually searching or them. our results are
con eniently deli ered to your ersonali ed manu cli age which is uni ue to your sign in.
o customi e your o ons click on S L C S J C and NO I ICA ION S J C .
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o remo e any selec on, deselect the check bo and to add any select the check bo .
ou also ha e the o on o de ning the number o days ranging rom to days. All in orma on is stored or last days. y de ault
it is last days.
hen you log in and go to your manucli age ,by de ault it will show you udgments or the sub ects you ha e selected. ou
can change your o ons at any oint o me and any number o mes.

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