An informational firm website that respects Bar Council rules, a case diary that never misses a next date, a client portal for updates and documents, and fee tracking per matter.
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A website that informs, and private systems that run your practice.
An informational site with the details advocates may publish, plus the disclaimer visitors accept before entering.
Clients see their matter status and next date, and share documents without WhatsApp.
The case diary and office system for advocates, juniors and clerks.
A litigation practice lives by its diary. Every matter has a next date, and every evening someone has to check what happened in court, write the new date, tell the client, and make sure the right junior and the right file reach the right court the next morning. In many chambers this is still a paper diary, a clerk's register and a lot of phone calls. It works until a date is written wrong, a junior falls ill, or a client calls three times asking what happened.
The website is a different matter. The Bar Council of India Rules do not allow advocates to solicit work or advertise, so a law firm website cannot work like a normal marketing site. As we understand the rules, Rule 36 was amended to let advocates publish a website with factual details such as names, contact details, enrolment number, the State Bar Council, qualifications and areas of practice. So the site is informational. It must not carry testimonials, success rates, claims of being the best, or offers to take on cases.
Where software can really help a practice is inside: a case diary, a client portal that gives updates without phone calls, a secure document vault, and fee tracking per matter. This page is for independent advocates, chambers with juniors, litigation and corporate firms, and in-house legal teams that manage outside counsel.
Infoways builds these systems from Mahape in Navi Mumbai for advocates and firms in Mumbai, Thane, Pune and across India. We build the software. Your advocates decide what the website says.
Daily problems in chambers of every size.
Every matter carries its court, case number, stage and next date. The daily board shows each advocate tomorrow's matters, and alerts go out the evening before.
After each hearing, a short update and the next date are entered once. The client sees it in the portal and gets a WhatsApp message, so the phone rings less.
Plaints, written statements, affidavits, orders and evidence are stored against the matter with versions, so any advocate in the firm can find the latest copy.
Clients share documents through a secure portal instead of chat apps. Access is limited to the team on that matter, and every view and download is logged.
A new matter is checked against existing clients and opposite parties before you accept it, so a conflict of interest shows up on day one.
Appearance fees, drafting fees, court fees, stamp duty and other out-of-pocket costs are recorded per matter, so fee notes are complete and nothing is forgotten.
Tell us how many advocates and active matters you handle. We will suggest a scope and a typical cost range.
A practice with a few dozen matters needs very different tools from a firm with hundreds.
| Factor | Paper diary and Excel | Ready-made legal software | Your own system |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Independent advocate, small caseload | Chambers with a standard workflow | Firms with many advocates, offices or corporate clients |
| Next-date tracking | Manual, one copy | Yes | Yes, with your courts, stages and alerts |
| Client updates | Phone calls | Depends on the product | Your branded portal and WhatsApp messages |
| Document storage | Physical files and phones | Vendor cloud | Your own server or cloud account |
| Billing | Handwritten fee notes | Basic invoices | Your fee heads, retainers and expense recovery |
| Typical cost | None | Per-user monthly fee | Rs 4-12 lakh build, plus 15-25% yearly upkeep |
All figures are typical ranges, GST extra, and depend on scope. An informational firm website alone is usually Rs 1-4 lakh; see custom website development.
Say you run a litigation chamber in CBD Belapur with two senior advocates, four juniors and a clerk, handling about 300 active matters across district courts in Thane and Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court and the consumer commissions. These numbers are only an illustration.
At 7 pm, each advocate gets tomorrow's board on the app: court, courtroom, case number, parties, stage and the junior assigned. A junior who is unwell marks himself unavailable, and the senior reassigns his three matters to another junior, who now sees the files on her phone.
In court, a matter is adjourned. The junior opens it on her phone, enters the new date and a one-line note, such as "Adjourned at request of respondent, reply to be filed", and adds a task to draft the rejoinder by a set date. The client receives a WhatsApp message with the new date and a link to the portal. If the matter is for a company client, their in-house counsel sees all their matters in one list.
When an order is uploaded on the court's website, the clerk downloads it and attaches it to the matter. Appearance fees and court fee expenses for the day are logged against the matter. At month end, fee notes are created per client from those entries, sent with a payment link, and the outstanding list shows which clients are behind. The paper diary can still sit on the desk, but nothing depends on it any more.
We list the courts and forums you appear in, your case stages, how next dates reach the office today, and how you bill: per appearance, per stage, lump sum or retainer.
The daily board and matter page must work on a phone in a court corridor, so we design those first. You approve clickable screens before coding.
One backend runs the case diary, client portal, document vault and billing, with access by role and by matter.
We import active matters from your Excel or register, check courts, case numbers and next dates with your clerk, and run in parallel for a few weeks.
Apps go live under your developer accounts, WhatsApp templates are approved, and we train advocates, juniors and the clerk separately.
We set up the informational website with an entry disclaimer, enrolment details and practice areas, and your advocates approve every line before it goes live.
An informational law firm website with advocate profiles, practice areas, an entry disclaimer and contact details usually costs Rs 1-4 lakh. A case diary with daily boards, client portal, document vault, conflict check and billing is a mid-complexity build, typically Rs 4-12 lakh. A large firm with several offices, corporate clients who need their own dashboards, or detailed time recording per advocate can go above that. All figures are typical ranges, GST extra, and depend on scope.
What drives the cost: how many forums you handle with different stage names, whether you need time-based billing, how much old data has to be moved, and how strict the access rules are between teams. A typical build takes two to four months. Yearly upkeep is usually 15-25% of the build cost, covering hosting, backups, security updates and app store changes; see our maintenance and support plans. Our guide on app development cost in India explains how such budgets are built.
The biggest mistake on the website side is treating it like a sales page. Avoid client testimonials, case results, "best lawyer in Navi Mumbai" claims, comparisons with other advocates, and pop-ups inviting people to book a case. Many firm websites show a short disclaimer that the visitor must accept before entering, stating that the site is for information and is not an advertisement or solicitation. We include that by default. Rules and their interpretation can change, so your advocates should read the final content against the current Bar Council of India Rules and any State Bar Council guidance before launch. If you are unsure about any form of promotion, including paid ads or SEO work, take guidance from the Bar Council first. We will not run campaigns you have not cleared.
On the software side, do not let the system become a second diary that nobody updates. Pick one person, usually the clerk or a senior junior, to own next-date entry each evening for the first month. And if you are an independent advocate with a modest caseload, a well-kept Excel diary and a simple WordPress website may serve you well for now. Build your own system when matters, juniors or corporate clients grow beyond what one person can track.
Share how your office tracks next dates today, and we will show the same day running on your own case diary.
Yes, within limits. As we understand the Bar Council of India Rules, advocates may publish factual details such as name, contact details, enrolment number, State Bar Council, qualifications and areas of practice, but must not solicit work or advertise. Your advocates confirm the final content.
Yes. Visitors see a short disclaimer and must accept it before entering the site. You approve the exact wording.
We store the CNR and case number for each matter so status is quick to check. Fully automatic updates depend on what the court systems allow, so most offices have the clerk or junior enter the next date after each hearing.
After each hearing, a short note and the next date are entered once. The client sees it in the portal and gets a WhatsApp or email message.
Documents are encrypted, access is limited to the team on each matter, every view is logged, and data sits on a server in your firm's name.
Yes. The daily board and matter screens are built for phones first, so a junior can update a matter in the court corridor.
Yes. A company client can have its own login showing all its matters across courts, with the status and next dates in one list.
Yes. Drafting, due diligence, registrations and advisory work can run as matters with tasks and deadlines instead of hearings.
You do. The server, app store accounts and source code are in your firm's name, and the data never leaves your control.
Case diary, client updates, documents and fees in one place, with a website that stays within the rules.
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