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What separates a working NDA from a decorative one
- A real definition of confidential information — broad enough to cover what matters, specific enough that a court can tell what was breached. "All information" protects nothing.
- Carve-outs — information already public, already known to the recipient, independently developed, or required to be disclosed by law or a court. These are standard and their absence makes the agreement look unreasonable.
- Permitted purpose — what the recipient may actually use the information for. This is more important than the confidentiality obligation itself, and it is the clause most often missing.
- Who else may see it — employees, advisers, affiliates — and on what terms.
- Duration, and whether it survives the end of the relationship.
- Return or destruction of material at the end.
- Remedies — including the acknowledgement that damages may be inadequate and injunctive relief appropriate.
If only one side is disclosing, a one-way NDA is honest and simpler. If both sides will exchange information — which is usual in a joint venture, a supply negotiation or an investment discussion — a mutual NDA avoids an argument about who is protecting whom.
An NDA is not a non-compete
These get conflated constantly. Confidentiality obligations are generally enforceable. Post-employment restraints on working elsewhere are largely not — section 27 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 makes agreements in restraint of trade void, subject to a statutory exception for the sale of goodwill. If what you actually want is to stop a departing employee competing, an NDA will not do it, and it is better to know that before you rely on one. Employment agreements →
We do not publish duty figures on this website. The Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 was amended in 2025 and several articles were restructured; a rate printed on a web page goes stale and costs somebody money. As a Government authorised e-Stamping centre we confirm the duty currently prescribed for your specific document and issue the e-stamp against it, at face value. The notarial fee is separate and capped by law — ₹35 to attest execution, ₹35 to administer an oath or take an affidavit, under Rule 10(1) of the Notaries Rules, 1956. The full fee table →
Drafted here, in Gujarati or English
Drafted by an advocate of 35+ years rather than filled into a downloaded template, e-stamped at a Government authorised centre, and notarised in the same visit. If the parties read Gujarati, the document is drafted in Gujarati — not translated out of an English form, because legal Gujarati has its own settled vocabulary and a literal translation frequently means something looser.
What to bring
- Names and constitution details of both parties
- A description of what information is being shared and why
- The intended duration of the obligation
- Whether the arrangement is one-way or mutual