How we verify

What that rule costs us

It costs coverage, and we would rather show that than hide it. Some recent examples of data we researched and then deliberately did not publish:

• West Bengal, sale deed. One 2026 source gives 7% up to ₹40 lakh and 8% above; another gives 5–6%. That is a different rate structure, not a rounding difference — most likely a temporary rebate that expired. Not published.
• Rajasthan, gift deed. Two sources disagree on whether a gift to a daughter is zero-rated or 2.5%. That is one of the commonest transfers there is. Not published.
• Telangana, gift deed. Three sources, three different rate models. Not published.

Where we do publish a figure, the page shows how many independent sources agreed and what we could not confirm. For Haryana we say plainly that the registration fee slab was not verified to the same standard. For Karnataka we name the one source that dissents from the other four, rather than quietly going with the majority.

We check the law that “everyone knows”

Twice, a rule repeated across textbooks and practice commentary turned out to be out of date. Both were caught by verifying rather than trusting.

• An unstamped promissory note is widely said to be incurable. That exclusion was removed by the Indian Stamp (Amendment) Act, 2006. Many sources still state the pre-2006 position as current law.
• Affidavit templates commonly cite the Evidence Act. Section 1(2) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 expressly excludes affidavits, and the old Act carried the same carve-out — so those templates cited an Act that never governed them. Ours cite the Oaths Act, 1969 read with Order XIX CPC.

Every citation on the platform was re-checked after the criminal codes were replaced on 1 July 2024. No document cites a repealed statute, and that is re-confirmed on every content release.

State-specific data we have verified

60 verified state variants across 10 States, on the documents where stamp duty and registration actually decide the cost. Of 312 documents on the platform, most carry no state-specific duty at all — an employment contract or a consumer complaint does not vary by State, and we do not pretend otherwise.

What a template is, and is not

Our documents are drafted to the standard of a well-drafted precedent, with citations checked as described above. They are not a substitute for advice on your matter, and we say so on every document rather than in small print.

Where a document turns on something a person could get badly wrong, we say it plainly in the document itself — that a power of attorney cannot convey title, that stopping a cheque does not avoid liability under Section 138, that a nomination decides who receives an asset and not who owns it. For documents where the stakes justify it, you can have an enrolled advocate review the draft.