# For Litigators & Advocates — Niyam > AI legal research and drafting for Indian litigators: find binding Supreme Court and High Court authority in seconds, every answer cited to a primary source and checked for good law before you take it into court. Niyam reads Indian statutes, rules, and judgments to answer the question you actually have, then shows you the exact section or paragraph it relied on — so the citation you take into a hearing is real, on point, and still good law. You verify before you rely; your professional judgment stays in charge. ## What you can do - Find binding and persuasive authority across the Supreme Court and High Courts - Every proposition cited to the section or judgment it came from - Good-law signals so an overruled precedent never reaches your submission ## Capabilities - **Ask the question you actually have** — Type the issue as you'd argue it — no boolean operators, no citation syntax. Niyam reads the relevant statutes and judgments and answers in plain English, with the controlling authority shown alongside, so you reach the point that decides the matter instead of wading through a results list. - **Know a precedent is safe before you cite it** — Niyam surfaces how later courts have treated a judgment — followed, distinguished, referred, or overruled — so you don't carry an overruled authority into court. When the law has moved on, it points you to the case that now governs the point. - **Citations you can open, read, and rely on** — Every proposition carries its authority. Open the cited section or judgment, read the exact paragraph, and confirm it says what Niyam says — because the authority you take into a hearing is the product, and nothing should be taken on faith. - **Search 72,000+ judgments and the statute book** — Behind every answer is the full corpus — central and state Acts, rules, and judgments — indexed so the case on point surfaces even when it was argued in different words. No more losing the authority because the bench that decided it used another phrase. ## How it works 1. **Ask in plain English** — Put the issue the way you'd argue it. Niyam reads Indian statutes, rules, and judgments to understand exactly what you mean. 2. **Get a cited answer** — Every answer comes grounded in primary sources — sections, rules, and judgments — with citations you can open and verify yourself. 3. **Verify and argue** — Read the source, confirm it's still good law, then draft your submission from it or save it to the matter — without leaving Niyam. ## Frequently asked questions ### Will Niyam find the binding authority for my forum? Niyam searches judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts alongside central and state Acts and rules, and shows you which court decided what — so you can lead with the authority that binds the forum you're in and keep persuasive authority in reserve. Coverage already runs to more than 72,000 judgments and keeps expanding. ### Does it check whether a judgment is still good law? Yes. Niyam surfaces a precedent's treatment history — whether later courts followed, distinguished, referred to, or overruled it — so you can see at a glance whether a case is safe to cite. When a judgment has been overruled, it points you to the authority that now governs the point. ### Can it find a case if I don't remember the citation? Yes. Ask in plain English and Niyam finds the authority by the legal issue, not just the keywords — so it surfaces the case on point even when it was argued in different words. You then open the judgment and confirm it yourself. ### Is this legal advice? No. Niyam is legal research and drafting tooling that provides legal information grounded in primary sources. It does not create an advocate–client relationship and does not replace advice from a qualified advocate. You remain responsible for verifying every citation and exercising your own professional judgment on what to argue and how. ### Can I trust an AI not to make up a case? Niyam answers by retrieving from a corpus of real Indian judgments and statutes, then citing what it relied on — it doesn't generate citations from nothing the way a free-text chatbot can. If a case is cited, it exists and you can open it. The discipline of the product is that every claim carries a source you verify, so you never have to take an answer on faith and never carry a fabricated authority into court. ### How does research connect to drafting my submission? Research is the entry point. Once you've found and good-law checked the authority, you can draft the written submission or note from it, and save the authority to the relevant matter — without leaving the workspace or re-pasting the citation. The case you trust becomes the starting point for the document you file. ### Is my work private? Yes. Your queries, matters, and saved research stay private to your account. Niyam is built for the confidentiality litigation demands — 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 authority behind every answer. Start your ₹100 trial at https://app.niyam.ai/register — 200 credits to begin, cancel anytime.