Credentials & Bar Enrolment | YUVA Law Firm, Chennai
Regulation & standards

Credentials and professional standards

Who regulates us, what we are obliged to do for you, and what the rules prevent us from claiming.

Quick answer

Advocates in India are enrolled with a State Bar Council and governed by the Advocates Act, 1961 and the Bar Council of India Rules.

Those rules prohibit advertising, solicitation and any claim of guaranteed results.

Regulation and enrolment

Every advocate practising in India is enrolled with a State Bar Council under the Advocates Act, 1961, and holds a Certificate of Practice. Enrolment details of the advocate handling your matter are available on request, and you are entitled to ask for them.

Advocates are also subject to the Bar Council of India Rules on professional conduct and etiquette, which govern conflicts, confidentiality, fees and the manner in which advocates may hold themselves out.

What you are entitled to expect

These are professional obligations, not marketing promises.

Confidentiality. What you tell us in consultation is privileged and stays privileged, whether or not you instruct us.No conflicts. We check for conflicts before accepting instructions, and we do not act for both sides of a dispute: including advising both an employer and a complainant in the same POSH matter.Fees agreed in advance. Quoted stage by stage, before the stage begins, with court fees and disbursements shown separately.Your file. You are entitled to copies of the documents in your matter and to an account of what has been done.Honest advice on prospects. Including where the prospects are poor. No advocate may guarantee an outcome, and any who does should be avoided.

Why this site makes no claims

You will not find success rates, case-win percentages, client names or comparative claims anywhere on this site. That is not modesty; it is the rule. Bar Council of India Rules prohibit advocates from advertising or soliciting work, and claims of that kind are precisely what they prohibit.

What we can publish is accurate information about the law and the procedure, which is what the rest of this site is. Nothing on it is legal advice, and reading it does not create a lawyer–client relationship: that begins only when we have checked for conflicts and agreed to act.

FAQs

Standards and regulation: questions

Can you guarantee an outcome?+

No, and no advocate may. Anyone who guarantees a result in litigation is either misunderstanding the case or misleading you.

Is my consultation confidential even if I do not instruct you?+

Yes. Privilege attaches to the consultation regardless of whether you go on to instruct us.

How can I verify an advocate’s enrolment?+

Ask for the enrolment number and State Bar Council. Bar Councils maintain rolls of enrolled advocates, and we will provide the details on request.

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