Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations - New York ...

Previous reporters which no longer exist include:
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Indian Cases
Law Reports, Privy (I.App.)
Council, Indian Appeals (I.A.)
Federal Court Reports (F.C.R.)
Federal Law Journal (F.L.J.)
There are also several unofficial law reports that cover particular jurisdictions or areas of law.
3.2 Unreported Decisions
Citation formats for unreported cases vary. Typically, cite unreported cases by name of the
parties [plaintiff or appellant “v.” respondent], abbreviated type of case (see list below), “No. __
of [year]”, abbreviated name of the court (listed above), location of the court (if below a high
court), and date of the decision:
Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh v. District Magistrate, Dhanbad, C.A. 156 of 1996, H.C. Pat., 15
May 1997.
Types of cases (and abbreviations) include:
Civil Appeal (C.A)
Criminal Appeal (Cr.A.)
Criminal Case (C.C.)
Civil Suit (C.S.)
Civil Revision Petition (C.R.P.)
Criminal Miscellaneous Petition (Cr.M.P.)
First Appeal (F.A.)
Habeas Corpus Petition (H.C.P.)
Interlocutory Application (I.A.)
Letters Patent Appeal (L.P.A.)
3.3 Names and Common Abbreviations of Courts and Jurisdictions
Miscellaneous First Appeal (M.F.A.)
Original Suit (O.S.)
Original Side Appeal (O.S.A.)
Second Appeal (S.A.)
Special Leave Petition (S.L.P.)
Tax Case (T.C.)
Writ Appeal (W.A.)
Writ Petition - Civil (W.P.(C.))
Writ Petition - Criminal (W.P.(Cri.))
Cite the currently operational courts, the Superior Courts and High Courts, as ([region] H.C.).
There are 18 High Courts in India, with territorial jurisdiction in appellate and constitutional
matters over one or more States. Four High Courts have jurisdiction to hear original civil
matters. Names (and abbreviations) for these jurisdictions are as follows:
Bombay (Bom.)
Madras (Mad.)
Calcutta (Cal.)
Dehli (Del.)
Andhra Pradesh (A.P.)
Gauhati (Gau.)
Patna (Pat.)
Himachal Pradesh (H.P.)
Sikkim (Sik.)
Subordinate Courts include:
Kerala (Ker.)
Karnataka (Kant.)
Orissa (Ori.)
Madhya Pradesh (M.P.)
Punjab & Haryana (P. & H.)
Jammu & Kashmir (J. & K.)
Allahabad (All.)
Rajasthan (Raj.)
Gujarat (Guj.)