Reference material that charts how the drafting of legal documents in India can be transformed to focus on clarity and accessibility.

We have made calibrated attempts towards operationalizing the ways in which drafting practices and conventions can be reoriented to focus on the core value of effective communication. 

The SARAL Manual

The Manual lays down SARAL principles that may utilised to draft comprehensible laws.

The drafting principles have been bucketed under four categories: Simple, Accessible, Rational and Actionable along with illustrative examples and action points. The Manual ends with a checklist for drafters which will provide a template for the simplification of existing laws and the drafting of future laws.

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