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Find the actual law behind a question
The business owner sees the actual statute, section, or government circular relevant to their general question, in addition to a plain-language summary, so they (or their advocate) can verify it at the source rather than trusting a paraphrase.
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How Vakil handles this
The owner asks a general legal question, and Vakil returns a plain-language answer alongside direct links to the primary source — the bare act on India Code, a government portal page, or an official circular — rather than only a generated summary. If no verifiable primary source can be linked, Vakil says so explicitly instead of presenting an unsourced answer as fact.
A B2B seller asking a general legal question online usually gets a confident-sounding paragraph with no way to check where it came from — no section number, no link, nothing to hand to an advocate or verify independently before trusting it with something that actually matters to the business's future.
Vakil answers differently. It gives a plain-language answer alongside a direct link to the primary source — the bare act on India Code, a government portal page, or an official circular — rather than presenting only a generated summary as if it were self-evidently true. If no verifiable primary source can be linked to support the answer, Vakil says so explicitly and withholds the claim rather than presenting an unsourced guess with false confidence. Every substantive legal claim here is traceable, or it isn't made at all.
Where find the actual law behind a question happens
Vakil runs this directly on the platforms your customers already use — no separate app for them to install.
- Google Drive
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Gmail
How it works
Step by step
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Ask a general legal question
Type a question about a legal topic relevant to the business — what a statute covers, what a regulator requires — in plain language, without needing to know any legal terms at all in advance.
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Vakil returns a plain answer
Get a clear explanation of what the relevant law or rule generally provides, written to be understood without any legal training required at all, addressing precisely the general question that was originally asked right here.
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See the link to the source
Alongside the answer, a link points to the actual bare act, government portal page, or official circular being carefully described, so the source can be checked directly instead of being simply trusted purely on faith.
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Get a flag when nothing verifies
If no verifiable primary source can be linked to support a claim, Vakil says so plainly and withholds the answer rather than presenting an unsourced claim to anyone as though it were settled, established fact.
Why it matters
What you get out of it
Refuses rather than fabricates
An answer with no verifiable source gets withheld and flagged clearly, rather than presented with the same confidence as a properly sourced answer would carry.
A citation counsel can use
A linked section or circular gives an advocate something concrete to begin from, rather than a summary they'd have to independently verify from nothing at all.
The detail
What to know before you rely on it
The defining discipline of this capability is that every substantive legal claim must be traceable to a cited, verified primary source — an Act, a section, or an official government page — before it's shown to anyone at all. A citation-verification process checks that a cited section actually exists and that the quoted text genuinely matches it, before an answer citing that source is displayed. A hallucinated statute is widely recognised as the single worst failure mode for a legal-information tool — a confident, wrong citation is more dangerous than honestly admitting uncertainty.
This is why refusal is treated as a legitimate, designed outcome rather than a failure. When no verifiable source can be found for a claim, Vakil says so explicitly and withholds or clearly labels the answer as unverified, rather than generating a plausible-sounding paragraph anyway. A business owner deserves to know the difference between a sourced answer with an exact place to check it, and an admission that no source exists — collapsing that distinction is worse than simply admitting a limit.
The sourcing draws from a defined set of primary references — India Code for the bare act text, and a curated index of government portals covering corporate affairs, the GST Council, IP India, and the Bar Council of India — rather than general web content that might itself be a paraphrase of a paraphrase. A secondary source summarising a law is not the same as the law itself, and the value of this capability rests on closing that exact gap.
Industry use cases
Where this earns its keep
13 industries where Vakil applies this directly.
Vakil helps a vehicle dealership or service center organize warranty-dispute facts, prepare questions before consulting a lawyer on a supplier contract, and check standard service-agreement templates for missing clauses.
A car service center owner uploads a supplier parts agreement into the plain-english-document-explainer to understand the payment and return terms before their scheduled call with an advocate about a recurring late-delivery issue.
See the automotive playbookVakil helps a B2B seller draft a factual payment-reminder letter for an overdue invoice, understand the MSME Samadhaan/ODR route if they are Udyam-registered, and organize a chronological record of a vendor dispute for their advocate.
A wholesale distributor whose buyer has not paid an invoice 60 days past the agreed term uses the delayed-payment-notice-preparation capability to draft a factual reminder letter and reads the linked explanation of the MSEFC reference process before deciding whether to pursue it.
See the b2b sales playbookVakil helps an independent financial advisor or lending-adjacent business understand which compliance deadlines and disclosures typically apply to their structure, and prepares plain-language explanations of loan or agency agreements before signing.
A financial advisory firm uses the compliance-deadline-tracker to see upcoming annual filing dates for their private limited company, then separately runs a referral-partner agreement through the document coverage checker before their advocate reviews it.
See the banking and finance playbookVakil helps a beauty or cosmetics brand check trademark availability for a new product line name and organize supplier agreements before a launch.
A home-based skincare brand owner runs a proposed product-line name through the trademark-name-availability-check before commissioning packaging design, then separately requests a plain-english explanation of a co-packer's manufacturing agreement.
See the beauty and cosmetics playbookVakil helps a coaching institute or edtech founder prepare a checklist of documents needed for a business structure change and understand student-refund policy documentation basics.
A coaching institute founder converting from a proprietorship to a private limited company uses the document-checklist-builder to see what is generally needed, then books a lawyer consultation using the question-prep tool to confirm specifics with an advocate.
See the education playbookVakil helps an independent freelancer understand a client's service agreement before signing and draft a factual payment-reminder letter when a client pays late.
A freelance designer uploads a new client's service contract to the plain-english-document-explainer to understand the IP-ownership and payment-milestone clauses, then later uses the delayed-payment-notice-preparation tool when an invoice goes unpaid past its due date.
See the freelancers and consultants playbookVakil helps a clinic or wellness practice organize patient-service-agreement templates and understand which general compliance categories (such as PF/ESI contribution thresholds) apply as they hire staff.
A physiotherapy clinic owner hiring their first three employees uses the employment-document-starter-kit to draft appointment letters and reads the linked general note on labour-law categories before finalizing terms with their HR consultant.
See the health and wellness playbookVakil helps a home decor or furniture seller check a supplier or logistics contract for missing clauses and prepare a consumer-complaint draft when a shipment is damaged by a courier.
A furniture seller whose delivery partner damaged a high-value shipment uses the consumer-complaint-preparation-helper to structure their complaint against the courier before submitting it through the National Consumer Helpline.
See the home decor and furnishing playbookVakil helps a marketing agency check client service agreements for missing clauses and organize documents for a name/trademark check before rebranding.
A small agency about to sign a new retainer client runs the agreement through the plain-language-clause-flagger to see whether a dispute-resolution clause is present before sending it to their advocate for final review.
See the marketing agencies playbookVakil helps a real estate broker or landlord organize facts for a tenancy dispute, check a rental agreement for missing clauses, and understand which authority (state rent-control law vs. civil court) generally handles such matters.
A landlord dealing with a tenant who stopped paying rent uses the consultation-briefing-fact-organizer to log the missed-payment dates and notices sent, then uses the jurisdiction-and-authority-finder to understand generally whether their state's rent law or a civil suit route is the relevant path, before consulting an advocate.
See the real estate playbookVakil helps a restaurant owner draft a factual response to a customer or vendor complaint letter and check a lease or vendor agreement for missing terms.
A restaurant owner who received a written complaint letter from a food-delivery aggregator about a recurring order-fulfillment dispute uses the notice-and-letter-response-drafting-helper to prepare a factual first draft of their reply before their advocate finalizes it.
See the restaurants and food playbookVakil helps a salon or spa owner check franchise or license agreements for missing clauses and prepare employment paperwork as they hire stylists.
A salon owner entering a franchise agreement with a brand uses the plain-language-clause-flagger to see whether territory and termination clauses are present before their scheduled review with a franchise lawyer.
See the spas and salons playbookVakil helps a travel agency or tour operator check customer booking-terms templates for missing clauses and prepare a consumer-complaint draft when a supplier (hotel, transport vendor) fails to deliver a booked service.
A tour operator whose transport vendor cancelled a confirmed booking at the last minute uses the consumer-complaint-preparation-helper to structure a complaint against the vendor while separately checking their own customer-facing booking terms for a force-majeure clause using the document-explainer.
See the travel and tourism playbookMore from Vakil
Everything else it handles
Explain any legal document in plain English
The business owner understands what a contract, notice, or legal letter actually says and what it asks of them, without waiting for a lawyer callback just to understand the basics.
Learn morePrepare questions before you see a lawyer
The business owner walks into a paid lawyer consultation with an organized list of questions and facts, so the lawyer's limited time is spent advising rather than gathering basic information.
Learn moreUnderstand a legal topic before IT becomes a problem
The business owner gets a plain-language overview of a legal topic relevant to their business (e.g., what a security deposit clause typically covers) before they need it urgently.
Learn moreKnow which documents you need to gather
The business owner knows exactly which documents and pieces of information to collect for a common business task (hiring, renting, registering) before starting it, avoiding wasted trips and delays.
Learn moreStart from a reviewed document template
The business gets a professionally structured starting draft for a common business document (NDA, service agreement, offer letter) instead of writing one from a blank page.
Learn moreSee what a contract might be missing
The business owner sees which standard clauses (termination, liability, confidentiality, dispute resolution) are present, weak, or absent in a contract before signing it, so they know what to specifically ask a lawyer about.
Learn moreQuestions
Straight answers.
Can I treat Vakil's cited answer here as equivalent to legal advice, since it's sourced?
No. A sourced, verified citation tells you what a statute, section, or official page actually says — it doesn't tell you how that provision applies to your specific situation, which is a separate step requiring legal judgment about your own facts. The citation is the starting point for understanding the law and for a conversation with an advocate, not a substitute for either of those things.
What happens if Vakil can't find a verified source for my question?
It tells you plainly rather than answering anyway. If no primary source — a bare act, section, or official government page — can be verified for a substantive claim, Vakil withholds the claim or clearly labels it as unverified, because presenting an unsourced answer with false confidence is exactly the failure this tool exists to avoid at every single step.
How do I know the citation Vakil gives me is actually correct, and not simply made up?
Every citation passes a verification step that checks the cited section or Act genuinely exists and that the quoted text matches it, before the answer is ever shown to you at all. Beyond that built-in check, the direct link to the primary source means you can independently confirm it yourself in the same sitting, rather than relying on Vakil's word alone for anything.
What if the law behind a past answer has since changed?
Cited sources are checked periodically for staleness, but law does change, and a citation that was accurate when first verified can be superseded by a later amendment at any point. For anything you're relying on now, it's worth confirming currency directly against the linked primary source, or with an advocate, rather than assuming a past answer still reflects today's law exactly.
The rest of your stack
It plugs into what you already run.
Vakil connects to your tools
No rip-and-replace — find the actual law behind a question works alongside the systems already running your business.
- Dropbox
- Google Docs
- Notion
- Google Calendar
- Typeform
- Google Forms
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