Eight tools every Indian lawyer uses daily

About these tools

Every tool on this page runs entirely in your browser using client-side JavaScript. No data is sent to any server. No account is required. Each tool is built on publicly available statutory data — the Limitation Act, 1963; the Court Fees Act, 1870; the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908; the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881; and others.

They are informational aids — not substitutes for legal advice. Every result page carries a prominent disclaimer, and the scope of each tool is clearly labelled (for example, the court fee calculator covers Delhi courts only).

Limitation Period Calculator

The Limitation Act, 1963 (Act No. 36 of 1963) prescribes the period within which every suit, appeal, and application must be filed. The Schedule to the Act lists 137 articles covering civil suits, appeals, execution, applications, and more. This tool encodes a curated subset of the most commonly litigated articles — money suits, cheque dishonour, property suits, specific performance, writs, and consumer complaints.

The tool takes the date from which time begins to run (as described in the Schedule for each article) and computes the expiry date. It also shows how many days remain — or, if the period has already expired, how many days ago it lapsed.

Important caveats: Section 5 of the Limitation Act allows condonation of delay in appeals and applications if sufficient cause is shown. Section 17 excludes time where the right was concealed by fraud. COVID-19 Supreme Court orders (in re: Cognizance for Extension of Limitation, 2020–2022) extended limitation for a period — check whether your matter falls within those dates. Special statutes (Consumer Protection Act 2019, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, etc.) may prescribe their own periods that override the general Limitation Act.

Court Fee Calculator

Court fees in India are governed by the Court Fees Act, 1870 (a central Act) and state-specific amendments. The fee payable depends on: (a) the nature of the relief claimed; (b) the value of the subject-matter; (c) the court in which the suit is filed; and (d) the state.

This tool covers Delhi courts only. The ad valorem slabs used are those operative under the Court Fees Act, 1870 as applicable in Delhi (NCT of Delhi). Fixed fees for writs, miscellaneous petitions, consumer complaints, and execution petitions are taken from Schedule II of the Act.

Other states have enacted their own Court Fees Acts with different slab structures — Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and others all differ materially. Do not apply Delhi slabs to filings in other states.

Citation Formatter

Indian courts cite judgments in three main styles. The neutral citation scheme, introduced by the Supreme Court via Practice Direction dated 22 January 2010, assigns a unique sequential number to every judgment: 2024 INSC 423 (Supreme Court), 2024 INDLHC 1851 (Delhi High Court), and so on. High Courts have progressively adopted their own neutral citation codes.

The Supreme Court Citation (SCC) style — published by Eastern Book Company — follows the format (YYYY) Vol SCC Page, e.g., (2023) 4 SCC 715. The All India Reporter (AIR) style follows AIR YYYY Court Page, e.g., AIR 2001 SC 3815. This tool supports all three formats for 25+ courts and tribunals.

Cause Title Generator

A cause title is the formal heading that identifies the parties and proceeding type on every pleading. Conventions differ: civil suits use "A v. B"; writ petitions under Article 226 name the petitioner and respondent State/Union; criminal matters typically put the State first for prosecution side; SLPs follow Supreme Court Rules 2013; arbitration matters use "In the matter of Arbitration between A and B"; company petitions under the Companies Act 2013 use "In the matter of ABC Ltd."

This tool generates the correct format for nine proceeding types and handles additional parties (Anr./Ors.) automatically.

Legal Deadline Counter

Section 12(1) of the Limitation Act, 1963 provides that "the day from which such period is to be reckoned shall be excluded" — known as the exclude-first-day rule. Section 4 provides that where the prescribed period expires on a day when the court is closed, the suit may be filed on the day the court reopens.

This tool adds days, weeks, or months to a start date with optional first-day exclusion (recommended for limitation computation) and optional Sunday exclusion (for working-day counts). The result shows the computed due date and the number of calendar days added.

Interest Calculator

Section 34 of the CPC empowers courts to award interest on the principal sum adjudged from the date of the suit to the date of the decree (pendente lite interest), and further interest from the date of decree to payment (post-decree interest). The rate is at the court's discretion — subject to the ceiling in Section 34(2) of 6% per annum for the post-decree period unless another rate is notified.

This tool computes simple or compound interest on any principal over any period. It uses 365 days per year (civil year). Compound interest options include annual, semi-annual, quarterly, and monthly compounding. The tool is general-purpose and does not enforce court-specific rate caps — use it as an arithmetic aid.

Bare Act Lookup

This tool provides a curated sample of 30+ commonly litigated sections from seven Acts: the Indian Contract Act 1872, the Limitation Act 1963, the Code of Civil Procedure 1908, the Negotiable Instruments Act 1881, the Transfer of Property Act 1882, the Specific Relief Act 1963, and the Indian Evidence Act 1872. Text is paraphrased and condensed for quick reference — it is not verbatim statute text.

For the authoritative text, always refer to the official Gazette notification or a verified bare-act publication. For the full statute corpus cross-referenced with 72,000+ Supreme Court and High Court judgments, use Niyam.

Affidavit Template Generator

This tool generates skeleton templates for three document types: a general affidavit (for supporting petitions and applications), an affidavit of service (proof of service of process under CPC Order V), and a vakalatnama (power of attorney to advocate under CPC Order III Rule 4 read with the Advocates Act 1961).

Templates are starting points only — not executed legal documents. They must be reviewed by an enrolled advocate, executed on appropriate stamp paper, and attested by a Notary Public or Oath Commissioner authorised under the Notaries Act, 1952 before use in any court or administrative proceeding.

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