# Civil Litigation — Niyam

> AI legal research for Indian civil litigation: the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the Limitation Act, 1963, and the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Pleadings, interim relief, and limitation — every answer cited and good-law checked.

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.

## What you can do
- 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

## Capabilities
- **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.
- **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.
- **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.
- **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.

## How it works
1. **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.
2. **Get a cited answer** — Every answer comes grounded in primary sources — Orders, Rules, sections, and judgments — with citations you can open and verify yourself.
3. **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.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which civil statutes does Niyam cover?
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.

### Can it help me confirm the limitation period before I file?
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.

### Does it check whether a precedent is still good law?
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.

### Can it find a case if I don't know the citation?
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.

### Is this legal advice?
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.

### Which courts and statutes are covered?
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.

### Are my matters and queries private?
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.

## Get started
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. Start your ₹100 trial at https://app.niyam.ai/register — 200 credits to begin, cancel anytime.