What is an Indian legal MCP?
What an Indian legal MCP server is, how it works, and how to use one in Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok or Cursor.
Updated October 2026
An Indian legal MCP is a server that lets an AI assistant look up Indian case law directly, instead of answering from memory. MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, an open standard that lets assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok and Cursor call outside tools. When the tool is a legal research index, the assistant can pull the actual paragraphs of real judgments into its answer.
Why it matters for Indian law
General-purpose AI models can write fluent legal text, but they sometimes invent case names, citations or holdings that do not exist. In legal work, one invented citation is enough to damage a filing or an opinion. A legal MCP changes the workflow: the assistant searches a real index of judgments first, then writes its answer from what it found, with the citation and a link back to the source.
What Pledr's Indian legal MCP does
- Searches Supreme Court of India judgments (about 30,000 and growing) at passage level, so you get the relevant paragraphs rather than a whole document.
- Returns the case name, citation, paragraph references and a link to the official judgment for every result.
- Understands plain-English scenarios, statute and section questions, and citation lookups, including neutral (INSC) citations.
- Works inside Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok and Cursor. Setup takes about a minute: add the server address
https://legal.pledr.in/mcpas a connector and sign in.
How to use it
- Add Pledr to your assistant (see the setup guides).
- Ask a question in ordinary language, for example: "Find Supreme Court judgments on the doctrine of legitimate expectation in service matters, with citations."
- Open the linked official judgment and read the passage before you rely on it. Summaries are AI-generated aids; the judgment is the authority.
What it is not
Pledr is a research tool, not legal advice, and it is not affiliated with the Supreme Court of India. High Courts and tribunals are not covered yet. Always verify against the source judgment.
Related guides
- How to verify an Indian case citation (and catch fake AI citations)
- Using Claude and ChatGPT for Indian case law
- INSC neutral citations explained
Quick answers
What is an Indian legal MCP?
A server that connects AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT to real Indian legal sources, so answers are built from retrieved judgments with citations instead of from the model's memory.
Is Pledr an Indian legal MCP?
Yes. Pledr Legal MCP searches Supreme Court of India judgments and returns cited passages with links to the official judgment. Its address is https://legal.pledr.in/mcp.
Which AI assistants can use it?
Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Grok and Cursor.