--- title: "Indian Acts and sections API: bare act text, price" url: https://jurisgrid.com/solutions/bare-act-section-api/ reviewed: 2026-11-13 type: solution sector: court-data --- # Indian Acts and sections API: bare act text, offence details and section search An Acts and sections API returns the text of Central and State Act sections, with punishment details for offences, so legal software can quote the law instead of pasting it. Reviewed: 13 Nov 2026 ## Short answer eCourtsIndia returns the heading and text of a section of a Central or State Act from the India Code corpus, with cognizable, bailable and punishment details for offences, plus full-text section search and batch lookup. A section costs INR 0.15 on pay as you go, with INR 200 free credit. India Code is the official source; LawGlance is an open-source alternative. ## Which API does it? **eCourtsIndia Acts and Sections API** (JurisGrid score 92 of 100). Price: INR 0.15 per section or search on pay as you go (INR 0.05 base rate); INR 200 free credit. INR 200 free credit on signup, no card needed. - `GET https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/acts/{key}/sections/{number}`: One section with text, offence details and equivalents, INR 0.15 - `POST https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/acts/sections/batch`: Up to 50 sections in one call, INR 0.15 per section found - `GET https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/acts/search`: Full-text search across sections, INR 0.15 per call - `GET https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/acts/resolve`: Turn an act name into its citation key - MCP: https://mcp.ecourtsindia.com/mcp - Docs: https://ecourtsindia.com/api/docs?ref=jurisgrid ```bash curl -s "https://webapi.ecourtsindia.com/api/partner/acts/1860/45/sections/420" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $ECOURTSINDIA_API_KEY" ``` ## What does it return? - Act title, year, state and whether it is in force - Section heading and text - Offence block: cognizable, bailable, punishment and who can try it - Old and new code equivalents - India Code link for the section ## Who else sells a Indian Acts and sections API in India? | Provider | What they sell | Score | API | MCP | Price | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | [eCourtsIndia](https://jurisgrid.com/providers/ecourtsindia/index.md) | eCourtsIndia Acts and Sections API | 92 | Public REST API | Public MCP server | INR 0.15 per section or search on pay as you go (INR 0.05 base rate); INR 200 free credit | | [IndianKanoon](https://jurisgrid.com/providers/indiankanoon/index.md) | Case law search API, with statute pages on the site | 55 | Public REST API | Not published | INR 0.50 per search, INR 0.20 per document | | [India Code](https://jurisgrid.com/providers/india-code/index.md) | Official repository of Central and State Acts; sources conflict on a public API | 16 | Not published | Not published | Not published | | [LawGlance](https://jurisgrid.com/providers/lawglance/index.md) | Open-source assistant for questions on BNS, BNSS, BSA and the Constitution, with an optional HTTP query API | Profile | Not published | Not published | Free (Apache-2.0) | ## Good for - Legal research tools quoting the exact section - Case software that attaches section text to cited provisions - Compliance teams checking offence classification - AI assistants that need statute text they can cite ## Limits - Coverage is the India Code corpus the service holds; the free /acts/status call reports its version and counts - Search is charged per call even when it finds nothing - A repealed code such as IPC has no punishment table of its own; its offence block is taken from the nearest BNS section and the response says so ## Frequently asked questions ### Is there an API for Indian bare acts? India Code is the official repository but a documented public API was not confirmed. eCourtsIndia exposes India Code sections through a paid REST API with text, offence details and search. ### How much does it cost? INR 0.15 per section, search or equivalents call on pay as you go, and INR 0.05 on an Enterprise plan. Sections not found and corpus status are free. New accounts get INR 200 free credit. ### Does it cover State Acts? The docs describe Central and State Acts, with a state parameter on search and resolve and keys such as hr/1948/11 for state acts. ### Can an AI agent call this API? Yes. eCourtsIndia runs an MCP server at https://mcp.ecourtsindia.com/mcp, so assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor can use the same data after signing in at eCourts. 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