Hargopal Legal Draftsman, (In 2 Volumes), 16th Edition, 2025

Hargopal Legal Draftsman, since its first publication in 1937, has withstood the test of time and has firmly established itself as an authoritative and indispensable practical guide to legal drafting. While the fifteenth edition is still treasured as a composite repository by the readers, this sixteenth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Both volumes have been completely restructured in line with the connectivity and flow of topics, covering both traditional as well as highly technical drafts applicable to the complex transactions ranging from affidavits to electronic contracts

This authoritative two-volume set is a comprehensive guide to drafting deeds, agreements, conveyances, contracts, and legal instruments across civil, commercial, property, corporate, and allied legal domains. Widely recognized as one of India’s most reliable drafting references, the Sixteenth Edition offers updated precedents, model clauses, specimen forms, and modern drafting structures consistent with contemporary practice. A must-have for every chamber, law office, and corporate legal team.

Key Features:

• 2-Volume authoritative drafting reference
• Detailed forms, precedents, conveyances, deeds & commercial contracts
• Includes updated forms and precedents in line with the new criminal laws
• Contains new specimen pertaining to Notices, Resolutions and Minutes of Meetings, etc in the chapter on Company Law
• Covers the latest changes brought in by IBBI Notifications and forms updated accordingly
• Incorporates Arbitration Rules, 2021 and latest Rules of Domestic Commercial Arbitration
• Comes with exclusive online access to editable forms, specimen, conveyances, precedents, deeds and documents, agreements and contracts with model legal clauses
• Model legal clauses for practical, real-world use
• Includes exclusive online access to downloadable drafts