Clause review — what's missing before you sign
Nineteen checks for one-sided and absent clauses, including India-specific enforceability risks.
Open any agreement and choose Clause review. SignSpry reads the text and reports what's missing, what's one-sided, and what's unlikely to hold up.
What it checks
Exit — is there a termination clause at all? Does it state a notice period? Does the agreement auto-renew, and if so is there an opt-out window?
Money at risk — is liability capped? Is the indemnity mutual or one-sided? Are payment terms and due dates stated? Is there interest on late payment?
Control — can one side amend the agreement unilaterally? Can it be assigned without consent? Is there an exclusivity commitment?
Information — confidentiality and its survival period, IP ownership, and whether personal data is handled without a data-protection clause.
Dispute — governing law, named jurisdiction, arbitration and its seat.
The India-specific checks
This is where a US-built engine won't help you:
- Section 27, Indian Contract Act — post-term non-competes are generally
unenforceable in India however carefully drafted. Flagged, with the alternative.
- Section 74 — a sum labelled a "penalty" is not automatically payable; you can
recover reasonable compensation up to that sum. Flagged so the figure is framed as a genuine pre-estimate of loss.
- Stamp duty — insufficiently stamped agreements can be inadmissible until the
duty and a penalty are paid. Flagged when the document is silent on who bears it.
- DPDP Act, 2023 — flagged when personal data is handled with no data-protection
clause allocating duties.
The score
Findings are weighted by severity into a score out of 100 and a one-line verdict. Each finding carries a plain-English explanation of why it matters, a suggested fix, and the sentence it fired on.
Where it runs
On our servers. Your contract text is not sent to any external AI service — which is usually the first question a legal team asks.