Returns to the JotiJournal homepage with shortcuts to every section. Use this any time you want to start over.

When you first land on the homepage, a Disclaimer popup appears. It explains that the contents of the JOTI Journal Software are intended for general informational use by Judicial Officers of the State of Madhya Pradesh, and that Judicial Officers are advised to verify information with the original sources. Click I Understand to dismiss the popup and continue.

The Login button sits in the top-right of the header (next to the theme toggle). Most sections — Judgments, Articles, Circulars, Amendments, Samasya Samadhan, Research Articles — require you to be logged in. Accounts are provisioned by MPSJA; there is no public sign-up. If you do not have credentials, please use Contact Us.

The login form has three fields:

• Email Address — the work email registered with MPSJA. Example: name@work-email.com.
• Password — the password issued to you. You can change it later from the user menu.
• Remember Me — tick this on a personal device to stay signed in for longer. Leave it unticked on a shared computer.

The main judgments listing with a filter panel. Fill any combination of fields and submit — results refresh below the form. Leave a field blank to ignore it. The fields are:

• Quick find — free-text search across case title, keywords, and citation. Example: dishonour cheque returns every judgment containing those words.
• Boolean Search — precise queries with AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR/N operators. Example: privacy AND constitution, or privacy NEAR/5 right (two words within 5 words of each other).
• Citation — exact citation lookup. Example: 2024 SCC 123.
• Headnote — keyword search restricted to the head-note. Example: negotiable instrument.
• Held — keyword search restricted to the “Held” portion of the judgment. Example: acquittal.
• Act — pick an Act from the dropdown; a section list then appears so you can narrow down further. Example: select Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, then tick section 138.
• Party Name — petitioner or respondent name (partial matches allowed). Example: state of madhya pradesh.
• Publication Year — tick one or more journal years. Example: tick 2023 and 2024 to limit results to those volumes.
• Note Number — the note number within an issue. Example: 12.

The full filter form — same fields as the main Judgments page. Best when you remember a phrase, citation, party, or want to combine several filters.

• Quick find — free text across title, keywords, and citation. Example: maintenance under section 125.
• Boolean Search — precise queries with AND, OR, NOT, NEAR/N. Example: privacy AND constitution or privacy NEAR/5 right.
• Citation — exact citation. Example: 2024 SCC 123.
• Headnote / Held — restrict the keyword to the head-note or the “Held” portion. Example: negotiable instrument.
• Act & Section — pick an Act, then tick one or more sections. Example: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 → section 138.
• Party Name, Publication Year, Note Number — narrow further by litigant, journal year, or note number.

Find judgments where two or more terms appear close together — useful for combined concepts where the exact phrasing varies. Two fields only:

• Keywords — space-separated words. All of them must appear in the judgment. Example: murder rape court.
• Within (Words) — how close the keywords must be to each other. Default 10. Example: 5 finds judgments where all the keywords appear within any 5-word span.

Browse judgments by the statute they interpret. Pick an Act and, optionally, narrow further by one or more sections.

• Select Act — dropdown of every Act in the archive. Example: Indian Penal Code or Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
• Section list — appears once an Act is chosen. Tick one or more sections. Example: sections 302 and 304 of IPC.
• “Search sections…” box — filter long section lists by typing. Example: type 138 to jump straight to that section.

Find judgments by the names of the parties involved. One field matches against both petitioner and respondent.

• Party Name — type a petitioner or respondent. Partial matches allowed. Examples: state of madhya pradesh, kesavananda bharati.

Browse and filter legal articles. Fields:

• Quick find — free-text search across the article. Example: constitutional law.
• Article Title — matches words in the title only. Example: fundamental rights.
• Article Content — searches inside the article body. Example: doctrine of basic structure.
• Author Name — the author of the article. Example: justice gupta.
• Category — dropdown to filter by article category. Example: select Constitutional Law.
• From Date / To Date — date range picker, format dd-mm-yyyy. Example: From 01-01-2024, To 31-12-2024 → only 2024 articles.
• Publish Date — flexible single-field date. Accepts year, month-year, or just a month. Examples: 2024, 05-2024, or 05.

Official communications listed newest first. Click any entry to read or download. Filter fields:

• Quick find — free-text across the whole circular. Example: leave rules.
• Title — matches words in the circular's title. Example: casual leave.
• Content — searches inside the circular body. Example: medical reimbursement.
• Notification / Circular No — exact or partial number. Example: 12/2024.
• Subject — dropdown to filter by subject area. Example: select Administration.
• From Date / To Date — date range, dd-mm-yyyy. Example: From 01-04-2024, To 30-04-2024 for April circulars.

Track legislative changes — each amendment links back to its parent Act. Filter fields:

• Quick find — free-text across the amendment record. Example: finance.
• Title — matches the amendment's title. Example: finance act.
• Content — searches inside the amendment text. Example: income tax slab.
• Subject — dropdown to narrow by subject. Example: select Taxation.
• From Date / To Date — effective-date range. Example: From 01-01-2024, To 31-12-2024.
• Publish Date — flexible single-field date. Examples: 2024, 05-2024, 05.

A curated question-and-answer collection on procedural and substantive issues. Filter fields:

• Quick find — free-text across both the question and the answer. Example: bail conditions.
• Problem / Question — searches only inside the question text. Example: execution of decree.
• Solution / Answer — searches only inside the answer text. Example: order 21 rule 11.
• Category — dropdown to narrow by topic. Example: select Civil Procedure.
• From Date / To Date — date range, dd-mm-yyyy.
• Publish Date — flexible single-field date. Examples: 2024, 05-2024, 05.

Long-form scholarly articles for deeper study. Filter fields:

• Quick find — free-text across the whole article. Example: data protection.
• Article Title — matches words in the title. Example: privacy jurisprudence.
• Article Content — searches the article body. Example: puttaswamy.
• Author Name — the author. Example: justice chandrachud.
• From Date / To Date — date range, dd-mm-yyyy.
• Publish Date — flexible single-field date. Examples: 2024, 05-2024, 05.

Once you sign in, the Login button is replaced by your name as a dropdown in the top-right corner. It opens three pages — Change Password, Saved Articles, Search History — plus a Logout button (always use it on shared computers). Each page is described below.

Set a new password for your account. All three fields are required, and the new password must be at least 8 characters long.

• Current Password — the password you use to log in today. Required so that someone else using your open session cannot change it.
• New Password — minimum 8 characters. Example: a mix of letters, numbers, and a symbol such as Court#2024judge (use your own, not this).
• Confirm New Password — retype the new password exactly. The form will not submit if it does not match.

Your personal library of bookmarked judgments, articles, circulars, amendments, and research material — organised into folders. Each folder card shows its name, the number of items inside, and when it was last updated.

• Create New Folder — the gold “+” card opens a small dialog with one field, Folder Name. Example: Criminal Law Archive or Section 138 NI Act.
• Open a folder — click any folder card to view the items inside it.
• Folder menu (three-dot icon) — rename or delete a folder from the small menu on each card.
• Save to folder — on any judgment or article page, use the bookmark icon to add it to one of your folders.

A running list of every search you have run while signed in, so you can rerun a query without retyping it. The table has five columns:

• Category — which section the search came from. Example: Judgments, Articles, Circulars.
• Search Keyword — the words or filters you submitted.
• Results — how many matches that search returned.
• Date & Time — when you ran the search.
• Action — the rerun button on each row repeats the search with the same filters in one click.

The Clear button at the top of the page wipes the entire history. If you arrived from a section-specific link (for example, only Judgments history), Clear will only remove that category.

This page — a per-link guide for every entry in the top menu, with field-level explanations and examples. Use the sidebar on the left to jump straight to any section.