Draft and red-line contracts grounded in Indian law — every change explained
Niyam writes a first draft from a clause library and marks up the other side's paper — flagging risky indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses and proposing balanced alternatives. Every edit comes with a citation you can open. You keep the judgment calls; Niyam does the first pass and shows its reasoning.
- First drafts from a clause library, grounded in the Indian Contract Act, 1872
- Red-lines that flag risky indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses
- Every suggested change explained with a citation you can open
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Drafting grounded in Indian contract law
The shift
From a blank page and a full read-through to a marked-up first pass
Drafting that used to start from scratch and reviewing that meant reading every clause cold now begins with a grounded first pass you correct, not compose.
The old way
- Start every contract from a blank page or a stale precedent
- Read the counterparty's paper clause by clause to find the traps
- Miss a one-sided indemnity or uncapped liability buried in the schedule
- Justify each edit from memory, then hunt for the section to back it
With Niyam Drafting
- Generate a first draft from a clause library in minutes, not hours
- Red-lines surface the risky clauses for you to weigh
- Indemnity, liability, and governing-law risks flagged before you sign
- Every change explained with the authority it rests on, one click away
Why Niyam Drafting
A grounded first pass you correct, not a blank page you fight
The slow part of drafting isn't typing — it's getting the clauses right and proving why. Niyam gives you a defensible first draft and a reasoned red-line, and leaves the judgment to you.
First draft from a clause library
Describe the deal and Niyam assembles a first draft from a library of standard clauses grounded in Indian contract law — so you start from a working document, not an empty page.
Clause library grounded in the Indian Contract Act, 1872
Red-line the other side's paper
Drop in the counterparty's draft and Niyam marks it up — surfacing the clauses that favour them and the protections you're missing, the way you would on a careful read, only faster.
Automated mark-up of counterparty drafts
Risky clauses flagged
Indemnity, limitation of liability, and governing-law clauses carry the most risk and are easiest to miss. Niyam flags them first so the clauses that matter get your attention.
Indemnity, liability & governing-law flags
Balanced alternatives suggested
Where a clause is one-sided, Niyam proposes a more balanced version you can accept, edit, or reject — a starting point for the negotiation, not a verdict on it.
Suggested alternatives you stay in control of
Every change cited
Each suggestion links to the statutory provision or judgment behind it, so you can open the source, confirm it says what Niyam says, and rely on your own reading.
Every suggestion cited to a primary source
You keep the judgment calls
Niyam does the first pass and shows its reasoning; it never signs, sends, or decides. Every edit waits for you to accept it, so the final call — and the responsibility — stays yours.
Nothing applied without your acceptance
Generate a draft
Describe the deal, start from a working draft
Tell Niyam the parties, the deal, and the terms that matter, and it assembles a first draft from a clause library grounded in Indian contract law. You start from a structured document with the standard clauses already in place — and refine from there.
- Clauses drawn from a library grounded in the Indian Contract Act, 1872
- Standard sections — parties, term, payment, liability, governing law — in place
- Edit any clause; Niyam explains what each one does and why
Red-line review
Mark up the counterparty's paper in minutes
Paste or upload the other side's draft and Niyam reviews it clause by clause — flagging the terms that favour them, the protections you're missing, and the provisions worth pushing back on. The careful read still happens; you just don't do it from cold.
- Clause-by-clause mark-up of the counterparty's draft
- One-sided and missing clauses surfaced for your attention
- Each flag explained, so you weigh it rather than take it on faith
Risk flags
The clauses that carry the risk, surfaced first
Indemnity, limitation of liability, and governing law decide who pays when things go wrong — and they're the easiest to skim past. Niyam pulls them to the top, explains the exposure in plain English, and proposes a more balanced alternative you can take or leave.
- Indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses flagged first
- Exposure explained in plain English, not legalese
- A balanced alternative offered as a starting point, never a decision
Cited reasoning
Every change explained, with the source one click away
A red-line you can't justify is just an opinion. Every suggestion Niyam makes carries the statutory provision or judgment behind it, so you open the source, confirm the reasoning, and decide — because in drafting, the authority for a clause is the product.
- Each suggested change linked to a section or judgment
- Open the source and confirm it before you accept the edit
- Grounded in real Indian statutes and case law, never invented
How it works
From a deal — or a draft — to a marked-up document in three steps
Niyam does the first pass and shows its working; you make every call.
Describe it or drop it in
Tell Niyam the deal to generate a first draft from the clause library, or paste the counterparty's paper to red-line. Either way, you start from a working document.
Read the flagged clauses
Niyam surfaces the risky indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses first, explains the exposure, and suggests a balanced alternative with the citation behind it.
Verify, accept, and finalise
Open the cited source, confirm it, then accept, edit, or reject each change. Nothing is applied until you say so, and the final draft is yours to send.
- From deal to a working first draft
- Minutes
- Explained with a citation
- Every change
- You keep the judgment calls
- First pass
- Your drafts never train public models
- Private
Built for trust
A first pass you can defend, not a draft you have to take on faith
An AI that rewrites your contract without showing its reasoning is a liability. Niyam Drafting is built the other way: every suggestion carries the authority behind it, and nothing changes until you accept it.
Every change
cited to a section or judgment
1872
clause library grounded in the Indian Contract Act
You decide
no edit applied without your acceptance
Private
your drafts are never used to train public models
Niyam drafts from a library of clauses grounded in Indian contract law and red-lines against the same, and every suggested change links to the section or judgment behind it — so you read the source and confirm the reasoning yourself. Nothing is signed, sent, or applied without you: Niyam does the first pass, you keep the judgment. Your drafts stay private to your account, never sold and never used to train public models.
How it compares
Why Indian lawyers draft with Niyam, not a generic chatbot
A general AI will happily rewrite your contract and invent the authority for it. Manual drafting is sound but slow. Niyam gives you the speed of a first pass with the grounding you can defend.
| Capability | Niyam | Generic AI chatbot | Manual research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grounded in Indian contract law | Yes — statutes & judgments | Generic / global | Yes, but slow |
| Red-lines counterparty drafts | Yes — clause by clause | Unreliable | By hand |
| Flags risky clauses | Indemnity, liability, governing law | Hit or miss | Manual |
| Every change cited | Yes, to primary sources | Often uncited | Manual |
| Risk of invented authority | None — retrieval-grounded | High | None |
| Who makes the final call | You — nothing auto-applied | Opaque | You |
FAQ
Questions, answered straight
Where Niyam helps — and where your professional judgment stays in charge.
It writes the first draft. Describe the deal and Niyam assembles a draft from a clause library grounded in Indian contract law, with the standard clauses in place. You then review, edit, and finalise — Niyam does the first pass, but the document is yours and nothing goes out without you.
Paste or upload the counterparty's draft and Niyam marks it up clause by clause — surfacing the terms that favour them, the protections you're missing, and the risky indemnity, liability, and governing-law clauses. Each flag is explained and, where useful, paired with a more balanced alternative you can accept, edit, or reject.
Each suggestion links to the statutory provision or judgment it rests on, so you can open the source, confirm it says what Niyam says, and rely on your own reading. Niyam drafts and red-lines from real Indian law rather than free-text guessing, which is why it doesn't invent the authority for a clause the way a general chatbot can.
No. Niyam does the first pass and shows its reasoning, but it never signs, sends, or applies a change without you. Every edit waits for your acceptance, so the final call — and the responsibility — stays with you.
No. Niyam provides legal information and drafting tools grounded in primary sources. It does not create an advocate–client relationship or replace advice from a qualified advocate. You remain responsible for reviewing every clause, verifying every citation, and exercising professional judgment before you rely on a draft.
Indian contract law — principally the Indian Contract Act, 1872 — alongside related statutes such as the Companies Act, 2013 and the Specific Relief Act, 1963 where they bear on a clause, plus the Supreme Court and High Court judgments that interpret them. Every suggestion links back to the source so you can confirm it.
Yes. Your drafts and the documents you upload stay private to your account. Niyam is built for the confidentiality legal work demands — your work product is never sold and never used to train public models.
Draft and red-line Indian contracts — grounded, cited, and yours to finalise.
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