I am pleased to share the Annual Survey of Empirical Legal Research 2025, an academic publication undertaken as a scholarly endeavour of National Law University Delhi (NLUD) Centre for Research and Innovation through its research and publication ecosystem.
The Survey represents a systematic and original effort to document, analyse, and map the landscape of empirical legal research reflected in law journals published in India. Conceived to strengthen evidence-based legal scholarship and promote methodological rigour, it offers a multi-faceted analysis of research trends, thematic coverage, empirical methods, patterns, and publication practices emerging from Indian law journals published in 2024.
This publication serves as a valuable reference for legal academics, researchers, institutions, and policymakers, and seeks to encourage wider engagement with empirical methods while fostering a culture of data-driven and socially responsive legal inquiry across Indian law schools and research institutions.
I hope it will be of relevance to faculty members, research scholars, and students, and will contribute meaningfully to ongoing discourse on legal research and publication standards in India.
Prof. (Dr.) G. S. Bajpai
Vice Chancellor, NLU Delhi