Plead, apply, and argue on civil authority you can defend
Civil practice turns on the Order and Rule, the limitation period, and the precedent that controls. Niyam reads the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the Limitation Act, 1963, the Specific Relief Act, 1963, and the judgments construing them — and answers in plain English, every point cited to the provision or case it came from.
- Pleadings, interim relief, and execution authority cited to the judgment
- Confirm the limitation period under the Limitation Act, 1963 before you file
- Good-law signals so an overruled precedent never reaches your application
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Trusted by advocates and in-house teams across India
Grounded in India's civil-procedure sources
The shift
From paging the Code to arguing the Order in hand
Civil work rewards precision — the right Order, the right Rule, the precedent that survives. Niyam compresses the search to find it without cutting the citation.
The old way
- Paging the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for the Order that fits the facts
- Computing limitation by hand and hoping the article is right
- Keyword search that misses the temporary-injunction case on point
- A general chatbot that invents a confident but non-existent precedent
With Niyam for Civil Litigation
- Ask in plain English; get the controlling Order, Rule, and judgment in seconds
- Limitation guidance grounded in the Limitation Act, 1963 schedule
- Every proposition cited to the provision or judgment, good-law checked
- Grounded only in real Indian civil-law sources, never fabricated
Why Niyam for Civil Litigation
Precision in the pleadings, authority at the hearing
Civil litigation is won on the right provision and the controlling precedent. Niyam gives you both — the answer fast, and the answer traceable to a primary source you can put before the court.
Find the right Order and Rule
Move from a procedural question to the exact Order and Rule of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 that governs it, with the judgments that interpret it alongside.
CPC, 1908 Orders & Rules on point
Interim relief, cited
Surface the precedents on temporary injunctions, attachment before judgment, and appointment of a receiver that govern your facts, each linked to the judgment.
Interim-relief precedent across courts
Confirm limitation before filing
Check the applicable article and period under the Limitation Act, 1963, and the case law on condonation of delay, so a suit isn't lost on a threshold objection.
Limitation Act, 1963 articles & condonation law
Never cite overruled law
Before you build an application or appeal on a precedent, Niyam shows whether later courts followed, distinguished, or overruled it — so you argue from good law.
Good-law signals on every cited case
Specific relief and damages
Trace claims for specific performance and damages to the Specific Relief Act, 1963 and the Indian Contract Act, 1872, with the judgments that measure them.
Specific Relief & Contract Act precedent
Execution and appeal
Find the authority on execution of decrees, first and second appeals, and revision, grounded in the Code and the case law construing it.
Execution & appellate precedent grounded in the CPC
Plain-English answers
Ask the procedural question you actually have
Type the question the way you'd put it to a senior — 'what must a plaint plead to obtain a temporary injunction?' Niyam reads the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and the governing judgments and answers in plain English, the controlling authority shown alongside.
- Understands the legal issue, not just the keywords
- Answers grounded in the Order, Rule, and judgments that govern it
- Citations sit beside the answer, one click from the source
Open every source
Citations you can open and check
Every proposition carries its authority. Open the cited Order, Rule, or judgment, read the exact paragraph, and confirm it says what Niyam says — because in litigation the source is the argument.
- Pinpoint citations to the Order, Rule, or paragraph
- Jump straight from the answer to the primary source
- Nothing to take on faith — verify before you rely
Good-law signals
Know a precedent is safe before you rely on it
Niyam surfaces how later courts have treated a judgment — followed, distinguished, referred, or overruled — so an overruled citation never reaches your application or appeal. When the law has moved on, it points you to the authority that now governs.
- Treatment history across Supreme Court and High Courts
- Clear good-law / caution / overruled signals at a glance
- Jump from the signal to the judgment that set it
Whole-corpus search
Search 72,000+ judgments and the civil statutes
Behind every answer is the full corpus — the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the Limitation Act, 1963, the Specific Relief Act, 1963, the Indian Contract Act, 1872, and the judgments construing them — indexed so the case on point surfaces even when it's phrased differently from your query.
- Pleadings, interim relief, limitation, execution, and appeal authority
- Finds the judgment on point even when the wording differs
- Filter by court and read the binding authority first
How it works
From a civil dispute to cited authority in three steps
Niyam compresses the research loop without ever cutting the citation.
Ask in plain English
Describe the dispute, the stage, and the relief sought the way you'd brief a colleague. Niyam reads the CPC, 1908 and the related statutes to understand exactly what governs.
Get a cited answer
Every answer comes grounded in primary sources — Orders, Rules, sections, and judgments — with citations you can open and verify yourself.
Verify and act
Read the source, confirm it's still good law, then draft the plaint, application, or grounds of appeal from it — without leaving Niyam.
- Indian judgments indexed
- 72,000+
- Orders, Rules & the statute book
- CPC, 1908
- Cited to primary sources
- Every answer
- Signals on cited precedent
- Good-law
Built for trust
In litigation, the precedent you cite has to exist
A confident answer you can't defend is worthless when opposing counsel checks the citation. Niyam for Civil Litigation is engineered so every point traces back to a real provision or judgment you can open in court.
72,000+
Supreme Court & High Court judgments indexed
100%
of answers cited to primary sources
Good-law
treatment signals on cited precedent
Private
your matters are never sold or used to train public models
Niyam retrieves from real Indian civil-law sources rather than guessing, so it doesn't invent cases — and every answer links back to the Order, Rule, or section of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (and the allied statutes), or the judgment it relied on. Your matters and queries stay private to your account, never sold and never used to train public models. The authority you take into a hearing actually exists, and the source is always one click away.
How it compares
Why civil litigators research with Niyam, not a generic chatbot
A general AI can sound confident and still invent a precedent. Manual research is reliable but slow when a hearing is tomorrow. Niyam gives you both speed and authority.
| Capability | Niyam | Generic AI chatbot | Manual research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grounded in the CPC, 1908 | Orders, Rules & judgments | Generic / global | Yes, but slow |
| Limitation under the 1963 Act | Yes — articles & condonation | Unreliable | Manual lookup |
| Every answer cited | Yes, to primary sources | Often uncited | Manual |
| Checks if a case is good law | Yes | No | Manual |
| Risk of invented cases | None — retrieval-grounded | High | None |
| Speed to authority | Seconds | Seconds (unreliable) | Hours |
FAQ
Questions, answered straight
Where Niyam helps — and where your professional judgment stays in charge.
Niyam is grounded in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the Limitation Act, 1963, the Specific Relief Act, 1963, and the Indian Contract Act, 1872, together with the judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts that construe them. You can move from a procedural question to the exact Order and Rule, or from a claim to the section and the precedent that governs it.
Yes. Ask about the limitation position for your claim and Niyam points you to the applicable article and period under the Limitation Act, 1963, and to the case law on condonation of delay under section 5, so a suit isn't lost on a threshold objection. You confirm the position against the source before filing.
Yes. Niyam surfaces a judgment's treatment history — whether later courts have followed, distinguished, referred to, or overruled it — so you can see at a glance whether an authority on, say, temporary injunctions is safe to cite. When a judgment has been overruled, it points you to the authority that now governs.
Yes. Describe the dispute and the issue in plain English and Niyam finds the authority by the legal question, not just the keywords — so it surfaces the interim-relief or execution case on point even when it is phrased differently from how you searched. You then open the judgment and confirm it.
No. Niyam provides legal information and research 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, confirming the limitation position, and exercising professional judgment.
Judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts, plus the civil-procedure and substantive statutes — the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the Limitation Act, 1963, the Specific Relief Act, 1963, and the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Coverage keeps expanding; the corpus already runs to more than 72,000 judgments alongside the statute book.
Yes. Your queries 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.
Research civil litigation on the Code — cited and good-law checked.
Create your Niyam account in under a minute — ₹100 to start, 200 credits to try everything. Ask your first pleading or limitation question and see the authority behind every answer.
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