# Niyam vs CaseMine — Niyam > Honest comparison of Niyam and CaseMine for Indian legal research: plain-English Q&A with inline primary-source citations vs AI-assisted case visualisation and CaseIQ precedent mapping. CaseMine is an AI-assisted legal research platform with CaseIQ, a tool for case analysis, timeline visualisation, and precedent mapping. It has a large corpus and has pioneered AI-assisted legal research in India. Niyam takes a different approach: plain-English questions answered directly from Indian statutes and judgments, every proposition cited to its primary source, good-law signals built into the answer, and research connected to drafting in one workspace. This page compares them honestly. ## What you can do - Plain-English Q&A grounded in 72,000+ Indian judgments and the statute book - Every answer cited to the exact section or paragraph it relied on - Good-law signals and drafting integrated in one workspace ## Capabilities - **Ask the question — get the authority** — CaseMine's strength is in navigating a case's network of precedents visually. Niyam is built for a different moment: when you need an answer to a legal question rather than a map of how cases relate. Ask in plain English and get the governing authority cited directly in the response. - **Every proposition carries its source** — CaseMine's CaseIQ analyses cases and surfaces related precedents visually. Niyam takes a different approach: every sentence in an answer is tied to the section or paragraph it came from, so you never have to take a claim on faith. Open the source; confirm it says what Niyam says. - **Treatment history in the answer** — CaseMine's case analysis tools can show how a case has been treated over time. In Niyam, treatment history is embedded in the research answer itself — when a case is cited, you see whether later courts followed, distinguished, or overruled it without running a separate analysis. - **Research into drafting without switching tools** — CaseMine is a research and case analysis platform. Drafting happens elsewhere. In Niyam, once you've found and good-law checked the authority, you can draft the submission, note, or contract clause from it in the same session — citations carry forward automatically. ## How it works 1. **Ask in plain English** — Put the legal issue as you would to a colleague. Niyam reads Indian statutes, rules, and judgments to understand what you mean. 2. **Get a cited answer** — Every answer comes grounded in primary Indian sources — statute and judgment — with good-law treatment signals on every cited case. 3. **Verify, draft, and save** — Open the cited source, confirm it says what Niyam says, draft from it, and save the authority to the relevant matter — in one workspace. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is CaseMine better than Niyam? For practitioners who need precedent visualisation, case network analysis, or CaseIQ's case-level AI features, CaseMine has genuine strengths that Niyam does not replicate. Its CaseIQ tool is a meaningful AI differentiator in Indian legal research. Niyam is better when you want to ask a plain-English question and get a cited answer grounded in primary sources, or when you want research and drafting in one workspace. Both use AI; they apply it differently. ### How is CaseIQ different from Niyam's Q&A? CaseIQ is designed around a specific case — it analyses that case's treatment history, related cases, and precedent network. Niyam is designed around a legal question — you ask what you need to know, and Niyam finds the governing authority across the corpus. They're complementary: CaseIQ for deep case-level analysis; Niyam for question-first research with inline primary-source citations. ### Does Niyam have precedent visualisation like CaseMine? No. Niyam does not have a visual precedent map or case network tool. If visual analysis of a case's treatment history is important to your workflow, CaseMine offers something Niyam currently does not. ### How does Niyam handle statutes — does CaseMine cover statutes too? Niyam covers both Indian statutes and judgments in the same indexed corpus and cites both inline in answers — so when you ask about anticipatory bail, you get the statutory provision and the Supreme Court's construction of it together. CaseMine covers case law primarily; statute coverage varies. If statute-to-judgment linkage matters to your research, Niyam's integrated approach is a meaningful difference. ### Can I use both CaseMine and Niyam? Yes. CaseMine for deep case-level analysis and precedent visualisation; Niyam for plain-English Q&A with primary-source citations and integrated drafting. They solve different parts of the research workflow and many practitioners benefit from both. ### Is this legal advice? No. Niyam is legal research and drafting tooling. It provides legal information grounded in primary Indian sources. It does not create an advocate–client relationship and does not replace advice from a qualified legal professional. Verify every citation and exercise your own professional judgment. ### Is my research private? Yes. Your queries, matters, and saved research stay private to your account. Your work product is never sold and never used to train public models. ## Get started Create your Niyam account in under a minute — ₹100 to start, 200 credits to try everything. Ask your first question and see the primary-source citation behind every answer. Start your ₹100 trial at https://app.niyam.ai/register — 200 credits to begin, cancel anytime.