In a perfect world (semi), if you’re breached, damaged and compromised by an illegal act of someone, you resort to a lawyer – to help with the restoration of your rights, and to undo the illegal damage caused to you. The issue comes when the lawyer damages you further. Where do you go now? You’ve lost your money, your time, and the most precious – your only chance at justice. Money doesn’t pain as you can earn it back. But, the other two, they’re lost forever!

It is the 21^st Century, yet for an innocent Indian commoner, litigation and court process comes as a nightmare! With limited knowledge of the law and almost no knowledge of the procedural application, the common man often ends up misguided, harassed and frustrated at the hands of lawyers. This is where advocateschandigarh.com attempts to bring a respite.

In a personal survey conducted on 500 people in 2014, between the age-group of 25-50, 196 admitted that at some point of time in life, they had been to, or, dealt with a lawyer. The figure came to about 39% (way above our assumption of 10-20 %). Out of these 196 people, only 17 confidently admitted that their experience with their lawyer was good. However, these people also admitted that they had approached a lawyer only for basic documentation and petty jobs such as documentation, filing of driving license application, registering a lease deed etc. Further, 74 people said that they have experienced litigation directly or by closely observing a family member embroiled in one, and revealed that their experience has been terrible. These are real figures. No matter how much one tries to deny, or shies away from taking any of its responsibility, it is a fact that people of India are disappointed in their lawyers.

However, if you see the other side of the same coin, you’ll probably find some very hardworking and dedicated lawyers, who are as equally disappointed in the Indian Legal System.

The lawyer community often laments the fact that the police mechanism is rotten by corruption. Indian Administrative, Legal and Judicial Systems can prove to be dense and frustrating.  There are enough factors at play such as – backwardness, illiteracy, work-load, low paying capacity of the clients, impatience, default by lawmakers, default of judiciary, and too often a default of police and administration – thus making it a massive, unsolvable and vicious a circle. In spite of everything falling apart, the community blamed the most, happens to be that of lawyers. Even the most renowned and hardworking lawyers have, at least, at some point of time in their careers, become a victim of the prejudice. How mainstream is this prejudice is reflected in the fact that lawyers have a tough time finding rental accommodation or availing a loan from a bank. The prejudice also terribly affects the client-attorney relation causing hindrance in building a bond of trust. Sad, we live in a world where the good side often loses – be it an innocent client in the court, or, a hard working lawyer in the society.

Ultimately, the question emerges:

Is there a possibility of change?

If yes, can it be strategically implemented?

As an attempt to answer the above we came up with the idea of advocateschandigarh.com

WE ARE HERE TO STRATEGIZE A CHANGE!