# Matters — Niyam > Organise every proceeding in one workspace. Niyam groups research, drafts, hearing dates, and limitation deadlines under each matter, keeps cited authority beside the draft it produced, and shares context across your team. A matter is the file, not a folder. Niyam groups the research, drafts, hearing dates, and notices for each proceeding in one workspace — so the cited authority that led to a draft is right there beside it, and nothing is lost in a forwarded thread. ## What you can do - Group research, drafts, and notices under each matter - Track hearing dates and limitation deadlines you stay responsible for - Share a matter so the team's context carries over without re-explaining ## Capabilities - **Open the matter, see the whole file** — A matter gathers everything a proceeding needs — the research you ran, the drafts you wrote, the dates you're watching, the notices you've filed — into one workspace. No more reconstructing the file from folders, tabs, and memory each time you return to it. - **The authority that led to the clause, kept with the clause** — When you draft from a cited Niyam answer, the section or judgment behind it stays attached to the matter. The reasoning for a clause is never an email away — it's right where you'll look for it, so you can defend the draft long after you wrote it. - **Hearings and limitation deadlines, on the file** — Record next-hearing dates and limitation deadlines on the matter so they're in front of you, not on a sticky note. Limitation periods run under the Limitation Act, 1963; Niyam helps you keep the date in view, and you stay responsible for confirming it. - **Hand off a matter without handing over a story** — Share a matter with a colleague and the context travels with it — the research, the drafts, the dates, the notices. The next person opens the file and sees where it stands, so a handoff stops meaning a long catch-up call and an inbox archaeology dig. ## How it works 1. **Open a matter** — Create a matter for the proceeding and make it the home for everything that file needs — research, drafts, dates, and notices in one workspace. 2. **Work inside it** — Run research, draft from cited answers, and record hearing and limitation dates — all on the matter, so the authority behind a draft stays beside it. 3. **Share and carry on** — Add the team to the matter so the context carries over. Anyone can pick the file back up knowing exactly where it stands. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is a matter in Niyam? A matter is a workspace for one proceeding or file. It groups the research, drafts, hearing dates, limitation deadlines, and notices for that file in one place — so instead of reconstructing the file from folders and email each time, you open the matter and the whole thing is in front of you. ### How does research stay connected to my drafts? When you draft from a cited answer in Niyam, the section or judgment behind it stays attached to the matter. Months later you can trace a clause back to the authority it came from without retracing your research — the why behind the file stays with the file. ### Does Niyam track my deadlines for me? Niyam lets you record hearing dates and limitation deadlines on a matter so they surface where you work. It assists by keeping the date in view, but you remain responsible for confirming every critical date. Limitation periods are governed by the Limitation Act, 1963 — always verify the applicable period yourself. ### Can I share a matter with my team? Yes. Add a colleague to a matter and the context comes with it — the research, the drafts, the dates, the notices. They pick up the file knowing where it stands, synced across the team rather than forwarded as copies, so no one re-explains the file or works from a stale version. ### Is a matter legal advice? No. Matters is a workspace and organisation tool that provides legal information and tooling, not legal advice. It does not create an advocate–client relationship or replace an advocate's judgment. You remain responsible for confirming dates, verifying citations, and exercising professional judgment. ### Are my matters private? Yes. A matter holds your privileged work product, so it stays private to your account and the team you share it with. Your files are never sold and never used to train public models — Niyam is built for the confidentiality legal work demands. ### How does Matters connect to Research and the citator? They're one workspace. Run research inside a matter, draft from a cited answer, and the good-law signals and citations come with it — so the authority you relied on is saved to the file, not lost when you close the tab. ## Get started Create your Niyam account in under a minute — ₹100 to start, 200 credits to try everything. Open your first matter and stop losing the file in folders and email. Start your ₹100 trial at https://app.niyam.ai/register — 200 credits to begin, cancel anytime.