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Who does what

Institutions A–Z.

The bodies that run, regulate, judge and audit — in India and around the world. What each one does, when it was set up, and our stories about it.

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All IndiaInternational Government & parliamentRegulatorsLaw & justiceElections & auditScience & spaceMoney & bankingInternational bodiesAlliances & groups

Law & justice10

Central Bureau of InvestigationSince 1 April 1963 · New DelhiDirectorate of EnforcementSince 1 May 1956 · New DelhiInternational Court of JusticeSince 1945 (first sat in 1946) · The HagueInternational Criminal CourtSince 1 July 2002 · The HagueInterpolSince 1923 · LyonLokpal of IndiaSince 2019 (first members appointed) · New DelhiNational Green TribunalSince 18 October 2010 · New DelhiNational Human Rights CommissionSince 12 October 1993 · New DelhiNational Investigation AgencySince 2009 · New DelhiSupreme Court of IndiaSince 28 January 1950 · New Delhi