Indian legal research has a strong tradition of DOCTRINAL research with growing EMPIRICAL traditions. Key research institutions include:

1. INDIA has a robust ecosystem of legal research institutions: 2. (i) INDIAN LAW INSTITUTE (ILI), New Delhi — established 1956; publishes Journal of the Indian Law Institute (JILI), Annual Survey of Indian Law; 3. (ii) NATIONAL LAW SCHOOLS — premier law schools producing significant scholarship: NLSIU Bangalore (1986), NALSAR Hyderabad (1998), NUJS Kolkata (1999), GNLU Gandhinagar (2003), NLIU Bhopal, NLU Delhi, etc.; 4. (iii) CENTRE FOR POLICY RESEARCH (CPR), Delhi; 5. (iv) VIDHI CENTRE FOR LEGAL POLICY — independent think tank for evidence-based legal policy; 6. (v) Centre for Constitutional Governance, NIPFP; 7. (vi) Trilegal, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas etc. (private sector research); 8. (vii) JOURNALS: SCC Online, Manupatra, Indian Law Review, ILI Journal, Student Bar Review, etc. 9. Hence option B is correct. _Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Indian legal research institutions_