In the field of law and legal documents, abbreviations play a crucial role. Legal professionals frequently use standardized abbreviations in the field of law and legal documents. Moreover, you can come across abbreviations for everyday legal words and phrases. These concise references and abbreviations are commonly encountered in court rulings, laws, regulations, academic articles, books, and various legal documents. Below, you’ll find a list of some commonly used abbreviations.
- ASJ – Additional Sessions Judge
- AOR – Advocate on Record
- AFT – Armed Forces Tribunal
- ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution
- ACJM – Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate
- AGP – Additional Government Pleader
- BCI – Bar Council of India
- BB – Bail Bond
- CJ – Chief Justice
- CAW Cell – Crime Against Women Cell
- CJM – Chief Judicial Magistrate
- CJI – Chief Justice of India
- CRPC – Code of Criminal Procedure
- CPC – Code of Civil Procedure
- CR – Criminal Revision
- CA – Civil Appeal
- CPCB – Central Pollution Control Board
- CLAT – Common Law Admission Test
- CAT – Central Administrative Tribunal
- COD – Code of Discipline
- CIC – Central Information Commission
- CRR – Criminal Revision
- CW- Court Witness
- DW – Defense Witness
- DSLSA – Delhi State Legal Services Authority
- DV – Domestic Violence
- DHC – Delhi High Court
- DIR – Domestic Incident Report
- DRAT – Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal
- DRT – Debt Recovery Tribunal
- EO – Executive Officer
- EOL – End of Life
- FIR – First Information Report
- FAO – First Appeal from Original Decree
- FTC – Fast Track Court
- FSL – Forensic Science Laboratory
- GST – Goods and Services Tax
- GS – General Secretary
- GRC – Grievance Redressal Committee
- HC – High Court
- HMA – Hindu Marriage Act
- HAMA – Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act
- HCBA – High Court Bar Association
- IPC – Indian Penal Code
- IO – Investigating Officer
- IA – Interlocutory Application
- ICJ – International Court of Justice
- ITAT – Income Tax Appellate Tribunal
- JMFC – Judicial Magistrate First Class
- JC – Judicial Custody
- Ld. – Learned
- LCR – Law Commission of India
- Ld. APP – Learned Additional Public Prosecutor
- LPA – Letters Patent Appeal
- LPA – Letters Patent Appeal
- LCR – Lower Court Records
- LLM – Master of Laws
- LOC – Lookout Circular
- LLB – Bachelor of Laws
- LPA – Letters Patent Appeal
- MACT – Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
- MACMA – Maintenance and Welfare of Parents
- MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
- MLC – Medico-Legal Case
- MOA – Memorandum of Association
- MP – Maintenance Petition
- NALSA – National Legal Services Authority
- NBW – Non-Bailable Warrant
- NCLT – National Company Law Tribunal
- NDPS – Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
- NGT – National Green Tribunal
- NHRC – National Human Rights Commission
- NRI – Non-Resident Indian
- NGO – Non-Governmental Organization
- OPAT – One Person Company Appellate Tribunal
- OBC – Other Backward Class
- PIO – Public Information Officer
- PW – Prosecution Witness
- PS – Police Station
- PO – Proclaimed Offender
- PP – Public Prosecutor
- PIL – Public Interest Litigation
- RTI – Right to Information
- RCR – Revisional Criminal Records
- RCR – Restitution of Conjugal Rights
- SB – Surety Bond
- SPO – Special Public Prosecutor
- SLR – Supreme Law Reports
- SHO – Station House Officer
- SC – Supreme Court
- SC – Scheduled Castes
- ST – Scheduled Tribes
- SLP – Special Leave Petition
- TIP – Test Identification Parade
- UOI – Union of India
- U/S – Under Section
- VSP – Victim Support Program
- VCAT – Victims Compensation Assistance Tribunal
- VCF – Victim Compensation Fund
- WP – Writ Petition
These abbreviations and short codes are used to streamline legal procedures and documentation in the Indian judicial system.