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Screen any India counterparty for legal risk in one call.

Court record search, FIR signal lookup, sanctions, PEP, adverse media — chained into one legal-risk decisioning call on individuals or entities. Built for legal, compliance, and M&A teams.

One workflow, every screening context — counterparty, customer, partner, M&A target, regulator filing

One Workflow, Every Legal-Risk Screen

Counterparty diligence, customer onboarding screen, M&A target review, partner contracting, regulator filing — the legal-risk decision chain is the same shape. Configurable per use-case.

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court records + FIR signals in one call structured + searchable, not PDF blobs UN, OFAC, EU sanctions + Indian PEP adverse media, multilingual entity OR individual screening recurring re-screen on schedule per-screen immutable audit trail court records + FIR signals in one call structured + searchable, not PDF blobs UN, OFAC, EU sanctions + Indian PEP adverse media, multilingual entity OR individual screening recurring re-screen on schedule per-screen immutable audit trail court records + FIR signals in one call structured + searchable, not PDF blobs UN, OFAC, EU sanctions + Indian PEP adverse media, multilingual entity OR individual screening recurring re-screen on schedule per-screen immutable audit trail

Three reasons legal teams collapse risk screening into one call.

Legal-risk screening in India breaks across three axes — coverage of fragmented court systems, speed (especially for M&A windows), and defendable audit. Deepvue's screening chain is built around all three, configurable per use-case.

Every Indian court, one search 01 · Coverage

Indian court systems are fragmented across Supreme Court, High Courts, district courts, tribunals. Manual searches miss. One unified search returns matches across all of them.

Supreme + High + district courts unified
NCLT + DRT + tribunals included
FIR signal lookup where available
M&A and contract-window-fast 02 · Speed

External counsel diligence takes weeks. M&A timelines and contract windows don't wait. Parallel API screens return verdicts in minutes — defendable, with citations.

Parallel court + sanctions + media calls
Sub-minute decisioning for most screens
Async webhook for slow court systems
Per-screen citations + trail 03 · Audit

Legal-risk screens need to be defensible. Every match cites case number, court, date. Every clear is timestamped against source. Audit-ready for board, regulator, or counterparty challenge.

Citations on every match
Source + timestamp on every clear
Replayable trace per screen

External counsel diligence is slow and expensive; ad-hoc court searches miss tribunals; sanctions screening is a separate vendor; adverse media is another. Deepvue collapses all of these into one screening call with citations.

Why ad-hoc legal-risk screening misses signals.

If your funnel is leaking 25%+ between "Apply" and "Approved" — or your audit team is rebuilding decision history from logs — here's where the breakage usually starts.

Stitched-vendor onboarding
Sequential KYC → face → bank calls, latency stacks
PAN parsed as a string, not source-validated
No bank ownership check — mule accounts slip through
Audit trail across four systems, never reconstructable
Deepvue onboarding chain
Parallel KYC + face + bank + screening, single response
PAN, GST, CIN validated against source registries
Penny-drop bank ownership match before payout
DPDP + RBI-aligned audit trail, single API export
External counsel diligence taking weeks?
15-min walkthrough — bring a sample counterparty, leave with a side-by-side risk verdict + citations.

The screening chain — six primitives, one call.

Every primitive a legal-risk screen needs, wired to call in parallel — configurable per use-case.

Court record search
Supreme Court, High Courts, district courts, NCLT, DRT, tribunals — unified structured search by name + identifiers.
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FIR signal lookup
FIR signal indicators where available. Configurable severity threshold per use-case (M&A vs. routine onboarding).
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Sanctions + PEP
UN, OFAC, EU, UK sanctions + PEP database (incl. Indian-flagged PEPs). Structured risk indicators.
Adverse media
Multilingual adverse-media scan, English + major Indian languages. Categorised by risk type (financial, criminal, reputational).
Entity registry signals
CIN status, MCA charges, NCLT proceedings, regulatory enforcement actions on entities.
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Recurring re-screen
Periodic re-screen on critical counterparties — court updates, sanctions delta, new media. Webhook on hit.

How the screening chain runs.

From a name + identifier to a defendable risk verdict with citations — a typical screening cycle.

01
Submit subject
Name + identifier (PAN, CIN, Aadhaar) submitted. Use-case (counterparty, M&A, customer, partner) selects the ruleset.
02
Sources fan-out in parallel
Court, FIR, sanctions, PEP, adverse media, entity registry — all queried concurrently. Slow sources go async.
03
Hits scored + cited
Each match scored for relevance + severity. Citations attached: case number, court, date, source URL where available.
04
Verdict + audit logged
CLEAR / REVIEW / FLAGGED with structured citations. Replayable trace. Audit-ready for board / regulator / counterparty.

End-to-end median: under a minute for sync sources, async webhooks for slow court systems. 15-min walkthrough comparison available.

Sub-minute legal-risk verdict, today.
Test the full chain in our sandbox — court, FIR, sanctions, PEP, adverse media, verdict — before you wire anything in.

A legal-risk screening call, end-to-end.

What a single legal-risk screen looks like — parallel sources, structured citations, replayable trace.

The check chain
CHAIN
// Parallel + async, citations attached
1. POST /v1/legal/court-record-search
2. POST /v1/legal/fir-signal
3. POST /v1/screening/sanctions
4. POST /v1/screening/pep
5. POST /v1/screening/adverse-media
6. POST /v1/business/mca-charges
7. POST /v1/decision/legal-risk
What you wire in
Auth header
single API key, all endpoints
Subject inputs
name, PAN/CIN/Aadhaar, optional DOB
Webhooks
decision events post back to your stack
Decision rules
severity thresholds per use-case
Decision response
200 OK · JSON
{
  "subject_id": "sub_8a4f2b9e",
  "verdict": "CLEAR",
  "sources": {
    "court_records": "NO_MATCH",
    "fir_signal": "NO_MATCH",
    "sanctions": "NO_MATCH",
    "pep": "NO_MATCH",
    "adverse_media": "NO_MATCH",
    "mca_charges": "NO_MATCH"
  },
  "trace_id": "trc_2026_04_29_17_42",
  "compliance_format": "DPDP_v2",
  "data_residency": "IN"
}

Compliance map for legal risk screening.

The frameworks legal-risk screens get challenged on — DPDP, sanctions, AML, sectoral KYC — and which Deepvue capabilities map to each.

DPDP
DPDP Act, 2023
Digital Personal Data Protection. Consent, purpose limitation, data-fiduciary duties for all onboarded customers.
RBI
RBI Master Direction on KYC
Defines acceptable KYC flows for Indian users. Aadhaar e-KYC, OVDs, video-KYC, periodic refresh.
AML
PMLA, 2002
Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Mandates customer due diligence, record-keeping, suspicious-transaction reporting for regulated entities.
FATF
FATF Recommendations
R10 (CDD), R12 (PEPs), R16 (Travel Rule). Applies to financial institutions via home regulator.
CONSUMER
Consumer Protection Rules
Marketplace + e-commerce: seller-due-diligence + grievance officer + return/refund disclosure obligations.
IT ACT
IT Act, 2000 (Sec 43A + 79)
Reasonable security practices + intermediary safe harbour. Documented onboarding strengthens both.
SCREENING
UN, OFAC, EU sanctions
Sanctions list screening at onboarding and monitored throughout the customer lifecycle.
SCREENING
PEP & Adverse Media
Politically Exposed Persons screening per FATF R12. Adverse media flags reputational risk.
This map is informational, not legal advice. Your specific licensing posture (NBFC, Bank, marketplace, gig aggregator) layers on top — Deepvue's audit trail is built to support all of them.

Where legal-risk screens miss signals — and where Deepvue catches them.

From submitted name to risk verdict — the missed signal usually fits one of these five patterns.

Show me the screening report my GC will sign off on.
15-min walkthrough — bring a sample counterparty, leave with a side-by-side risk verdict + citations.

Wire it in over a coffee.

Most legal + compliance teams drop the Deepvue screening chain into their workflow in under a week. One sandbox key, one chained endpoint, webhooks back to your CRM / contracting system.

Day-by-day rollout
1
Day 1 — sandbox keys + sample request templates
2
Days 2-3 — wire into your contracting / CRM workflow
3
Days 4-5 — webhooks back to your decisioning + audit stack
4
Day 6 — production keys, go live with a small traffic split

What you get out of the box.

Capabilities every legal-risk screen needs — without coordinating outside counsel and three separate screening vendors.

Integration features
Single REST endpoint
One chained call wraps the full onboarding flow.
Sandbox first
Run sample subjects end-to-end before any production traffic.
Webhook decisioning
Decisions, retries, and step-level events post back to your stack.
Exportable audit trail
Citations + source URLs per match, on-demand export.
Out of the box
Court records (unified)
Supreme Court, High Courts, district courts, NCLT, DRT, tribunals — single search, structured response with citations.
FIR signal lookup
FIR signal indicators where available. Severity threshold tunable per use-case.
Sanctions + PEP
UN, OFAC, EU, UK sanctions + global + Indian-flagged PEP database. Real-time, not batched.
Adverse media (multilingual)
English + major Indian languages. Categorised by risk type — financial, criminal, reputational, regulatory.
Citations + audit trail
Every match cites case number, court, date, source URL. Every clear is timestamped against source. Replayable.
Per-call trace ID
Every decision tagged with a retrievable trace ID. Plug into your audit pipeline without custom logging.
Ship sub-minute legal-risk screens in a week, not a quarter.
Sandbox keys today. Production traffic by Friday next.

One workflow, five legal-risk contexts.

Five use-case configurations — same chain, different thresholds and source weighting per context.

Counterparty diligence
Court + sanctions + media
Pre-contracting screen on a counterparty entity + key directors. Standard severity threshold; clear / review / flag.
M&A target review
Deeper court + NCLT
Heavier chain: full court history, NCLT proceedings, MCA charges, regulator enforcement, multilingual adverse media.
Customer onboarding screen
Light, fast, repeat
Sub-minute screen at customer signup. Sanctions + PEP + recent court hits. Recurring re-screen on schedule.
Partner / channel screen
Standard + recurring
Pre-onboarding screen on channel partners + agents. Periodic re-screen catches stale partners before brand exposure.
Regulator filing prep
Audit-ready bundle
Pre-filing screen on directors / KMPs. Citations + structured trail bundled for the regulator package.

Built to defend every screening verdict.

DPDP, sanctions enforcement, AML, sectoral KYC, contractual representations — overlapping audit needs. Deepvue's per-screen citation + trail satisfies all of them.

Screening commitments
Citation + source URL on every match
Per-screen audit trail, on-demand export
Sources via authorized partner integrations
Paperwork & controls
SOC 2 Type II controls (in audit)
ISO 27001 aligned
GDPR-compatible DPA available
Sub-processor list under MSA

Deepvue is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Legal and compliance teams retain full responsibility for risk-acceptance decisions. Deepvue provides structured signals + citations; the legal interpretation and decision is yours.

Applicable regulations

All API interactions are protected using encryption, role-based access controls, and audit logging.

Volume pricing per screen.

Screening bundles tier with monthly screen volume. Pay per chained screen, not per individual source. INR-first invoicing.

Pricing scales with
monthly screens runprimitives per decision (3, 5, 7+)sources per screen (3, 5, 7+)dedicated SLA & support tierINR-first, USD on request

Most legal + compliance teams running 100-50k screens per month land in a per-screen range materially under outside-counsel + multi-vendor stitching. No per-source surcharges.

Common questions from compliance and product leads.

Real questions, asked in evaluation calls. If yours isn't here, book a 15-min walkthrough — we'll answer it live.

We use external counsel for diligence. Why move to an API?
External counsel adds judgment on top — keep them for that. The API replaces the slow + expensive raw-source pulling underneath. Most teams use the API to seed counsel's review with structured signals + citations, dropping diligence cycles from weeks to days.
How comprehensive is the court-record coverage?
Supreme Court, all High Courts, district courts via eCourts, NCLT, DRT, and major tribunals. Coverage gaps and source URLs surface in the response so reviewers know where signals come from.
Can we screen entities + their directors in one call?
Yes. Pass a CIN; the chain pulls director list from MCA and screens each director in parallel against court, sanctions, PEP, adverse media. Returned as a single nested verdict.
Where is screening data stored?
Indian servers by default. Storage arrangements are negotiated per MSA, with defaults aligned to DPDP and applicable sector regulations.
Are findings legally defendable?
Every match carries case number, court, date, source URL where available. Every clear is timestamped against source. Replayable trace per screen. Defendable to board, regulator, or counterparty — but legal interpretation is your team's call.
How long does integration take?
Sandbox in a day. Production wired into your CRM / contracting / ATS workflow inside 1-2 weeks for most teams.

How does Deepvue's "Screen for legal risk" workflow compare to outside-counsel diligence?

Deepvue's legal-risk screening chain runs unified court record search (Supreme + High + district + NCLT/DRT/tribunals), FIR signal lookup, UN/OFAC/EU sanctions, PEP database, multilingual adverse media, and MCA charges + entity status in one parallel API call — with citations on every match. External counsel diligence cycles take weeks; this returns a sub-minute structured verdict that legal teams use to seed counsel review or directly clear/flag counterparties. Configurable per use-case: counterparty, M&A, customer onboarding, partner, regulator filing.

Screen any India counterparty in
under a minute.

Court + sanctions + media + entity registry. Citations on every match.

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