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Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

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Price
₹399 · GST included
Stamp duty
Chargeable as an agreement.
Registration
Not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908.
Witnesses
Not legally required for a document of this kind.

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Also called

  • NDA
  • Confidentiality Agreement
  • Mutual NDA
  • One-Way NDA
  • Confidential Disclosure Agreement
  • Gopniyata Samjhauta
  • ਗੁਪਤਤਾ ਸਮਝੌਤਾ
  • गोपनीयता करार

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You can fill this one in on this site, and read the whole draft on screen before you decide anything about it. It is a carefully drafted template; it is not advice about your own facts.

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Why you need it

When you need it

Before sharing confidential business information with another business or an individual in Punjab or Chandigarh — evaluating a deal, a due-diligence exchange, a vendor pitch, a pilot, or a potential hire seeing sensitive material before joining. Fixes what counts as confidential, who may see it, how long the duty lasts, and what happens to it when discussions end. Choose one-way if only one side will actually disclose anything (a vendor sharing pricing and process detail with a prospective client, for instance); choose mutual if both sides will share confidential material with each other. Not for: recording that the parties intend to collaborate — use the Memorandum of Understanding (General Business) instead, which this NDA can be used alongside; or a restraint on a departing employee or founder competing with the business, which this template does not attempt (see the notes on this page).

See stamp duty, registration and witnesses

What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

Chargeable as an agreement. PUNJAB: Article 5, Schedule I-A to the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 as applicable in Punjab; where no more specific sub-clause of Article 5 fits, the residuary rate under Article 5(c). Confirm the current figure with the Sub-Registrar or against the Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management's published table at revenue.punjab.gov.in before the stamp is bought. CHANDIGARH: the equivalent agreement article under the Chandigarh Administration's Rates of Stamp Duty & Registration Fees table at revenue.chd.gov.in; confirm the current figure at the Sub-Registrar's office, 30 Bays Building, before the stamp is bought. BOTH: a low-value stamp either way for a document of this kind, which creates no property interest and fixes no price or quantity.

Registration

Not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908. It creates no interest in immovable property and is not on the s.17 list.

Notarisation

Not legally required. Notarisation is sometimes done to fix the date confidential information first changed hands, which can matter later if either side disputes when a disclosure was made or when the duty started running.

Witnesses

Not legally required for a document of this kind. Two witnesses are optional and not asked for by this template; add them if either Party wants the extra evidentiary comfort.

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NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

This Non-Disclosure Agreement (this "Agreement") is made at Chandigarh on 1 April 2026.

BETWEEN

Northline Analytics Private Limited, an individual, of Plot No. 8, Phase 8-B, Industrial Area, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) 160055, acting through Rohit Nair, Director ("Party A");

AND

Bansal Fresh Foods, an individual, of Shop No. 22, Sector 22-C, Chandigarh 160022, acting through Kavita Bansal, Proprietor ("Party B").

Party A and Party B are each a "Party" and together the "Parties".

RECITALS

A. Evaluating a potential distribution arrangement under which Party B would stock and sell Party A's packaged food products.

B. In the course of that, one or both Parties may disclose to the other information that is confidential, and the Parties wish to fix the terms on which it is protected.

NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES AS FOLLOWS.

  1. DISCLOSURE MODE AND WHAT IS CONFIDENTIAL

1.1 Mutual — each Party may disclose confidential information to the other under this Agreement, and each Party is a "Disclosing Party" as to information it discloses and a "Receiving Party" as to information it receives, the obligations of this Agreement applying to each Party in whichever role it is in at the time

1.2 "Confidential Information" means any information disclosed by the Disclosing Party to the Receiving Party, in writing, orally or by inspection, that is marked or described as confidential, or that a reasonable person would understand to be confidential given its nature or the circumstances of disclosure, including business, financial, technical, operational and customer information.

1.3 Without limiting clause 1.2, the Parties specifically confirm that the following is Confidential Information: Party A's costing sheets, supplier list and unpublished recipe formulations.

1.4 Confidential Information does not include information that: is or becomes public other than through the Receiving Party's breach of this Agreement; was already lawfully known to the Receiving Party, without an obligation of confidence, before disclosure; is independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to or use of the Confidential Information; or is required to be disclosed by law, regulation or a competent court, regulator or authority, provided the Receiving Party, where lawfully able to, gives the Disclosing Party prompt notice before disclosure so it may seek protective treatment.

What this document is for

Before sharing confidential business information with another business or a person in Punjab or Chandigarh — evaluating a deal, a due-diligence exchange, a vendor pitch, a pilot, or a potential hire seeing sensitive material before joining — this Agreement fixes what counts as confidential, who may see it, how long the duty lasts, and what happens to it when discussions end.

Choose the one-way option if only one side is actually going to disclose anything, such as a vendor sharing pricing with a prospective client; choose mutual if both sides will be sharing confidential material with each other during the same discussions.

Stamp paper and registration

Stamp paper needed

Yes

Typical stamp duty — Punjab

Ask us — The template describes this as a low-value stamp either way — the residuary agreement rate, Article 5(c) of Schedule I-A, for a document that fixes no price and creates no property interest — but gives no rupee figure, because the table moves. Confirm the current figure with the Sub-Registrar or against the Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management's published table before the stamp is bought.

Typical stamp duty — Chandigarh

Ask us — The equivalent agreement article applies, described the same way as low-value, but not fixed in the template's own source. Confirm at the Sub-Registrar's office, 30 Bays Building, before the stamp is bought.

Registration at the Sub-Registrar

No — Not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908 — it creates no interest in immovable property and is not on the section 17 list.

Notary or witnesses

Not required by law. Two witnesses are optional and not asked for by this template. Notarisation is sometimes done anyway, to fix the date confidential information first changed hands, useful if either side later disputes when a disclosure was actually made.

What you will need before you start

  • Both parties' identity, constitution and address, and who signs for each
  • Whether disclosure is one-way or mutual
  • The purpose for which the information is being shared — this fixes what the Receiving Party may actually use it for
  • Any specific information the parties want named as confidential beyond the general definition
  • How long confidentiality lasts after discussions end, and how many days are given to return or destroy the information on request

Common mistakes

  • Choosing the one-way option when the other side might also let slip something sensitive during the same discussions — a genuinely one-way disclosure needs a genuinely one-way flow of information, not just a one-way expectation.
  • Writing the purpose so broadly that it covers almost anything the Receiving Party might want to do with the information, which makes the use restriction largely toothless in practice.
  • Choosing arbitration as the dispute forum without checking whether it can actually deliver urgent interim relief as fast as approaching a court directly — an arbitrator's power to grant interim relief is not identical to a court's.

Questions people ask before using this document

What is the difference between a one-way and a mutual NDA?

A one-way NDA protects only the side actually disclosing information — the other side has no confidentiality duty at all under it. A mutual NDA protects both sides, because each may disclose to, and receive from, the other. Choose one-way only where the information will genuinely flow in one direction; if both sides might let slip something sensitive, mutual is the safer choice.

Does signing this Agreement commit either side to actually going ahead with the deal?

No. This Agreement only protects confidential information exchanged for the stated purpose — it does not itself create any obligation on either side to proceed with, or complete, the underlying dealing that purpose describes.

How long does the confidentiality obligation last?

For the number of years fixed when the Agreement is filled in, running from the date of the Agreement and surviving its termination or expiry — so the duty does not simply lapse the moment discussions end or the deal falls through.

What information is NOT covered by this Agreement's confidentiality duty?

Information that is or becomes public other than through a breach of this Agreement, that the Receiving Party already lawfully knew before disclosure, that it develops independently without using what was disclosed, or that it is legally required to disclose — provided, in that last case, the Disclosing Party is given notice first wherever that is lawfully possible.

Can I get an injunction if the other side leaks confidential information?

This Agreement records that damages alone may not be adequate, since the value of confidential information can be destroyed by disclosure before a damages claim is even resolved, and reserves the right to seek an injunction under the Specific Relief Act, 1963 in addition to damages. Whether that relief can actually be obtained quickly also depends on the dispute forum chosen — a court can typically move faster on urgent interim relief than an arbitrator.

Related documents, and when you would need them

  • Memorandum of Understanding (General Business)

    For recording that the parties actually intend to collaborate, once the confidential information exchanged under this Agreement leads somewhere — this NDA can be used alongside it.

  • Non-Compete/Confidentiality Agreement

    For restraining a departing employee or founder from competing with the business — this Agreement protects information only, and does not attempt that.

  • Founders' Agreement

    Once discussions under this Agreement lead to actually founding a company together, for fixing equity, roles and vesting between the founders.

  • Employment Agreement

    If the confidential information is being shared with a prospective hire before they join, alongside the fuller employment contract that follows.

  • Franchise Agreement

    If the confidential information being protected is a franchisor's operations manual and pricing, shared with a prospective franchisee before this fuller agreement is signed.

Questions about this document

Does the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Chargeable as an agreement.

PUNJAB: Article 5, Schedule I-A to the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 as applicable in Punjab; where no more specific sub-clause of Article 5 fits, the residuary rate under Article 5(c). Confirm the current figure with the Sub-Registrar or against the Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management's published table at revenue.punjab.gov.in before the stamp is bought.

CHANDIGARH: the equivalent agreement article under the Chandigarh Administration's Rates of Stamp Duty & Registration Fees table at revenue.chd.gov.in; confirm the current figure at the Sub-Registrar's office, 30 Bays Building, before the stamp is bought.

BOTH: a low-value stamp either way for a document of this kind, which creates no property interest and fixes no price or quantity.

Does the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not registrable under the Registration Act, 1908. It creates no interest in immovable property and is not on the s.17 list.

What does the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) cost on Kaagazaat?

₹399, GST included.

Launch period: downloads are free for now. The prices shown apply once payments open.

Does the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) need witnesses?

Not legally required for a document of this kind. Two witnesses are optional and not asked for by this template; add them if either Party wants the extra evidentiary comfort.

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