# Sources and Evidence Standards

> Not every link deserves equal weight. Grey Side prefers the underlying law, judgment, official publication or original study, then uses careful secondary context only where it genuinely helps you understand the record.

Canonical URL: https://grayside.in/sources/
Markdown: https://grayside.in/sources/index.md
Publication: Grey Side — an India-focused, adult-only, non-explicit educational resource.

## Scope

This page covers: grey side sources.
Also addresses: grey side evidence standards; source hierarchy.
Not covered here (see the linked pages instead): is bdsm legal in india; bdsm psychology; what is bdsm.

## Key concepts

- source hierarchy
- India Code
- Supreme Court of India
- PubMed
- World Health Organization

## Sections

- The source hierarchy (https://grayside.in/sources/#source-hierarchy)
- Indian law and public policy (https://grayside.in/sources/#law-and-public-policy)
- Health, psychology and research (https://grayside.in/sources/#health-and-research)
- What a source cannot prove (https://grayside.in/sources/#what-sources-cannot-do)
- Corrections and review dates (https://grayside.in/sources/#corrections-and-review)

## Sources referenced

- Government of India — India Code (https://indiacode.gov.in/)
- Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice — Legislative Department (https://legislative.gov.in/)
- Supreme Court of India — Judgments (https://www.sci.gov.in/judgements-case-no/)
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology — MeitY (https://www.meity.gov.in/)
- U.S. National Library of Medicine — PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)
- World Health Organization — International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) (https://icd.who.int/)

Last reviewed: 2026-09-09