# Corporate & Commercial — Niyam

> AI legal research for Indian corporate practice: the Companies Act, 2013, the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the IBC, 2016, and the Arbitration Act, 1996. Company, contract, insolvency, and arbitration authority — every answer cited and good-law checked.

Corporate work runs on the section, the clause, and the controlling precedent. Niyam reads the Companies Act, 2013, the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — and answers in plain English, every point cited to the provision, judgment, or tribunal decision it came from.

## What you can do
- Corporate, contract, insolvency, and arbitration authority cited to the source
- Trace a Companies Act, 2013 obligation to the section and the precedent
- Good-law signals so an overruled precedent never reaches your opinion

## Capabilities
- **Ask the commercial question you actually have** — Type the question the way you'd put it to a partner — 'does this related-party transaction need shareholder approval under the Companies Act, 2013?' Niyam reads the Act and the governing decisions and answers in plain English, the controlling authority shown alongside.
- **Citations you can open and check** — Every proposition carries its authority. Open the cited section, rule, or decision, read the exact paragraph, and confirm it says what Niyam says — because in commercial work the source is the opinion.
- **Know a precedent is safe before you rely on it** — Niyam surfaces how later courts and tribunals have treated a judgment — followed, distinguished, referred, or overruled — so an overruled citation never reaches your opinion or pleading. When the law has moved on, it points you to the authority that now governs.
- **Search 72,000+ judgments and the commercial statutes** — Behind every answer is the full corpus — the Companies Act, 2013, the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, and the decisions 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 transaction, the obligation, or the dispute the way you'd brief a partner. Niyam reads the Companies Act, 2013 and the allied statutes to understand exactly what governs.
2. **Get a cited answer** — Every answer comes grounded in primary sources — sections, rules, and decisions — with citations you can open and verify yourself.
3. **Verify and act** — Read the source, confirm it's still good law, then draft the opinion, clause, or pleading from it — without leaving Niyam.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which commercial statutes does Niyam cover?
Niyam is grounded in the Companies Act, 2013, the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, together with the judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts and the decisions of the NCLT and NCLAT that construe them. You can move from a transaction or obligation to the exact section and the precedent that governs it.

### Can it help with insolvency and arbitration questions?
Yes. Niyam surfaces precedent on CIRP, moratorium, and resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, with NCLT and NCLAT treatment, and on arbitrability, interim measures, and setting-aside under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — each linked to the source so you cite the holding, not a summary.

### Does it check whether a precedent is still good law?
Yes. Niyam surfaces a judgment's treatment history — whether later courts or tribunals have followed, distinguished, referred to, or overruled it — so you can see at a glance whether a commercial authority is safe to rely on in an opinion or pleading. 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 transaction or dispute in plain English and Niyam finds the authority by the legal question, not just the keywords — so it surfaces the company-law or insolvency decision on point even when it is phrased differently from how you searched. You then open the decision 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 current statutory position, and exercising professional judgment.

### Which courts and statutes are covered?
Judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts, decisions of the NCLT and NCLAT, and the commercial statutes — the Companies Act, 2013, the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. 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 commercial work 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 company-law or contract question and see the authority behind every answer. Start your ₹100 trial at https://app.niyam.ai/register — 200 credits to begin, cancel anytime.