Legal Zone
Drafts, tools, guides and legal news — in one place
Legal Drafts
Ready formats you fill in and print. Each one states, on its own face, the provision it is made under.
- Fill-in formatsReady complaint, application and notice formats — fill them in your browser and print. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.
- Drafts LibraryReady-to-use drafts by subject in English, Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi. Every draft can be previewed free.
Draft categories
Legal tools
Calculators, decoders and draft formats that work out the answer for your case — each one cites the section it relies on.
- FIR DecoderPaste the sections written on an FIR and read what each one means.Open tool
- Offence CheckerPick a section — bailable or not, cognizable or not, and which court.Open tool
- Find an offence by its consequenceWhich offences carry ten years, which allow arrest without a warrant, which can be settled.Open tool
- Punishment CalculatorAdd more than one section and see the combined imprisonment and fine exposure.Open tool
- Limitation calculatorFor some offences a court cannot take cognizance after a fixed period. This follows BNSS ss.514–519 (formerly CrPC ss.468–473).Open tool
- Cheque bounce — the timelineA dishonoured cheque runs on three fixed dates, and all three are strict. Enter the date on the bank's return memo and the notice, payment and complaint deadlines are worked out here.Open tool
Legal guides
Plain-language guides to your rights: what the police must do on arrest, how bail works, and where to file a complaint.
- Your rights on arrestKeep this page on your phone. Every right is given with its section.Read the guide
- Bail — which route appliesThis does not tell you whether bail will be granted. It tells you which provision governs your situation and what that provision says.Read the guide
- Where to complainWhich station, which officer and which court — each with the section it rests on, so you can point at it across the counter.Read the guide