This Disclaimer governs the conditions on which Standing Lawyers publishes this digital platform and the legal conditions governing access thereto. It must be read in conjunction with our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy, each of which is accessible on this website. Any person accessing, browsing, or utilizing this website signifies their unconditional assent to this Disclaimer. If you do not accept these terms in their entirety, you must immediately terminate access to this website.
1. Regulatory status and Bar Council of India compliance
1.1 Standing Lawyers is the professional legal practice and sole proprietorship chamber of an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Rajasthan, governed by the Advocates Act, 1961, the Bar Council of India Rules, and the Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette framed thereunder.
1.2 Rule 36 of Chapter II of Part VI of the Bar Council of India Rules strictly prohibits an advocate from soliciting work or advertising, whether directly or indirectly, through circulars, advertisements, touts, personal communications, interviews not warranted by personal relations, or by furnishing or inspiring newspaper comments or publishing photographs in connection with cases in which the advocate has been engaged.
1.3 The proviso to Rule 36, promulgated in 2008, permits an advocate to furnish specified website information as scheduled thereunder, under intimation to the Bar Council of India. Permitted particulars are restricted exclusively to the advocate's name, address, telephone numbers, email address, professional and academic qualifications, and enrolled areas of practice, subject to the express condition that all information furnished is authentic, true, and verifiable.
1.4 By formal directions dated 17 March 2025, the Bar Council of India reiterated the rigorous enforcement of Rule 36 across all digital and social media domains. Indian judicial precedents have authoritatively established that listing an advocate on commercial aggregation platforms, directories that solicit enquiries, or fee-charging matchmaking engines amounts to prohibited indirect solicitation contrary to Rule 36.
1.5 This website functions strictly within the parameters sanctioned by the 2008 proviso. It is maintained exclusively for educational and informational purposes, serving as an accessible repository of general legal awareness. It does not constitute, and shall under no circumstances be construed as, an advertisement, solicitation, personal communication, inducement, or commercial invitation to seek legal representation.
1.6 Nothing on this platform constitutes an assertion that the firm or any associated practitioner possesses any accreditation, ranking, specialization, or judicial standing that is not expressly verifiable. We publish no client testimonials, no client identities, no transactional values, no league table rankings, and no comparative claims regarding professional capability.
2. Mandatory voluntary acknowledgement on entry
2.1 Access to this website is preceded by an introductory regulatory notice that every visitor is required to acknowledge. Your affirmative acknowledgement is preserved exclusively within your browser's local storage on your client device under the key sl-disclaimer-ack-v1. It is not transmitted across the network to our servers, is not logged in our databases, and is not deployed to track your identity.
2.2 By navigating beyond the introductory notice, you formally confirm, warrant, and represent the following covenants on each visit:
- that there has been no advertisement, personal communication, solicitation, commercial invitation, or inducement of any nature whatsoever from Standing Lawyers, or from any person acting under its authority, to solicit professional work through this platform;
- that you are accessing this website entirely of your own volition, for your own general educational orientation and informational use;
- that any information read or material downloaded from this website is accessed at your own risk and is provided solely upon your specific and unsolicited request;
- that no content published on this website constitutes legal advice, formal opinion, or casework evaluation, and that Standing Lawyers disclaims all liability for any action taken or refrained from in reliance on such content;
- that your access to this platform does not create, and shall not be deemed to create, an advocate-client relationship between you and Standing Lawyers; and
- that you will seek independent counsel from an enrolled advocate on any contentious, commercial, or statutory matter requiring legal determination.
2.3 The regulatory acknowledgement is strictly versioned. In the event of any material amendment to the regulatory notice or operative law, the stored client token shall be superseded and a fresh confirmation shall be required.
3. Non-advisory character of published content
3.1 All material published on this website, including practice area overviews, statutory notes, articles, regulatory commentaries, and answers to frequently asked questions, represents academic analysis and general legal exposition. It does not constitute legal advice, a binding legal opinion, or a substitute for bespoke advice rendered upon the specific facts of an individual matter.
3.2 Statutory enactments, judicial rulings, and regulatory frameworks evolve continuously. Content on this platform may be rendered obsolete or superseded by legislative amendments, subordinate notifications, or binding judicial pronouncements delivered after publication. Standing Lawyers undertakes no continuing obligation to update historical material.
3.3 You must not act, nor refrain from acting, upon the basis of any material appearing on this website without seeking bespoke legal counsel from a qualified advocate admitted to practice in India. Any reliance placed upon information contained herein is entirely at your own risk.
4. Absolute absence of advocate-client relationship
4.1 Browsing this website, downloading published material, transmitting an enquiry through any digital form, or corresponding via email does not constitute an engagement and does not create an advocate-client relationship.
4.2 An advocate-client relationship is established solely upon the completion of comprehensive conflict of interest audits, execution of client due diligence, formal agreement on the scope of work and professional fees, and issuance and written acceptance of a formal Engagement Letter. Our Terms of Engagement set out that procedure in detail.
4.3 Crucially, until an engagement is formally executed in writing, no statutory limitation period, court filing deadline, tribunal notice requirement, or procedural date in any matter is monitored, protected, or managed by Standing Lawyers.
5. Premature transmission of confidential information
5.1 You must not transmit confidential, proprietary, commercially sensitive, or legally privileged documents through the contact forms on this website or by unsolicited email prior to formal written confirmation of engagement.
5.2 Unsolicited disclosures made prior to the execution of an engagement letter do not attract statutory legal professional privilege under Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. Furthermore, Standing Lawyers may already represent an adverse party in relation to the same or a connected subject matter, in which case the firm shall be precluded from acting for you and cannot treat unsolicited submissions as protected.
5.3 When contacting the firm, provide solely a succinct description of the general nature of the dispute or mandate. We shall determine whether a conflict exists and propose an encrypted channel for substantive documentation.
6. Statutory prohibition against outcome warranties
6.1 Nothing on this website constitutes, or may be construed as, a warranty, guarantee, prediction, or assurance regarding the outcome of any judicial proceeding, arbitral claim, or recovery process.
6.2 Under the Bar Council of India Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette, no advocate may lawfully guarantee the outcome of a contentious matter. Descriptions of prior matters reflect historical casework only and provide no guarantee of similar results in subsequent disputes where factual matrices, evidentiary burdens, and judicial fora differ.
6.3 In debt recovery, insolvency, and asset monetisation work, the firm gives no assurance that a debtor will be traced, that an asset will be liquidated, that an admission order will be granted, or that funds will be recovered. Procedural timelines remain subject to the workload of National Company Law Tribunals, Debt Recovery Tribunals, Commercial Courts, and appellate benches.
7. Direct statutory remedies and financial safety
7.1 Certain statutory mechanisms may be initiated directly by creditors without legal representation. For instance, an operational creditor registered under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 may refer a delayed payment dispute directly to the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council under Section 18 of that Act.
7.2 Where a direct statutory avenue is adequate for your circumstances, our practice is to advise you of that remedy, irrespective of whether you instruct us.
7.3 Standing Lawyers will never solicit net-banking credentials, debit or credit card numbers, Card Verification Value codes, or One-Time Passwords. Any request of that nature purportedly originating from this firm is fraudulent and must be reported immediately.
8. Territorial and jurisdictional parameters
8.1 This website is intended for access within the territory of India and addresses the laws of the Republic of India. It is not directed at persons in foreign jurisdictions where publication or access would contravene local statutes or legal professional regulations.
8.2 The firm advises solely on the laws of India. Where a cross-border dispute engages foreign jurisdictions, we collaborate with qualified counsel admitted in the relevant foreign territory.
9. Professional discretion regarding instructions
9.1 Nothing on this platform constitutes an offer to provide legal representation or creates an obligation on the firm to accept instructions from any party.
9.2 The firm declines instructions where a conflict of interest exists, where client due diligence cannot be verified under our Anti-Money Laundering Policy, where an instructing party lacks demonstrable authority, where the subject matter falls outside our core practice, or where the anticipated legal expenditure is commercially disproportionate to the claim.
10. External digital hyperlinks
10.1 Hyperlinks to third-party digital domains are provided solely for reference. The firm exercises no control over external platforms, endorses neither their operational practices nor their content, and accepts no liability for their data handling or security standards.
10.2 Where statutory enactments, court orders, or official gazettes are referenced, readers must consult the authoritative official publications. In the event of any textual divergence, the official gazette or court record shall govern.
11. Intellectual property reservations
11.1 All text, layout, typography, graphic marks, and architectural elements on this website are the proprietary intellectual property of Standing Lawyers, protected under the Copyright Act, 1957. The name Standing Lawyers and the associated column emblem are the subject of pending trademark applications in Class 45 before the Trade Marks Registry under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
11.2 Visitors may view, store, or print individual pages solely for personal evaluation or internal organizational reference. Any other reproduction, distribution, public performance, scraping, framing, or utilization of website content for training automated machine learning or artificial intelligence models without prior written authorization is strictly prohibited.
12. Absolute limitation of liability
12.1 To the fullest extent permissible under Indian law, Standing Lawyers, its proprietor, and associated advocates shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or exemplary damages, whether arising in contract, tort, statutory breach, or otherwise, resulting from your access to, use of, or inability to access this website, or any reliance placed upon content published herein.
12.2 The firm warrants neither uninterrupted accessibility nor error-free operation of this website, nor that the underlying cloud infrastructure is free from malicious code. Users remain solely responsible for implementing adequate technical safeguards on their own systems.
12.3 Nothing in this Disclaimer purports to exclude or limit liability that cannot be lawfully excluded or limited under the laws of India.
13. Governing law and exclusive forum
13.1 This Disclaimer, together with any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or in connection with the access or use of this website, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of India.
13.2 The competent courts situated at Jaipur, Rajasthan shall possess exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any legal proceedings arising hereunder.
Effect, review and contact
A This Disclaimer takes effect on 11 October 2026 and supersedes every earlier version published on this website. The version published on this page constitutes the operative regulatory instrument at any given point in time.
B Standing Lawyers reviews this Disclaimer at least annually, and forthwith upon any amendment to applicable statutes, subordinate rules, regulatory notifications, or firm operational systems. Where an amendment is material, formal notice shall be published on this page, and where the amendment concerns personal data in respect of which contact particulars are maintained, direct notification shall be transmitted.
C All formal communications, statutory notices, and grievances arising out of or in connection with this Disclaimer must be addressed to work@standinglawyers.com, marked for the attention of the Grievance Officer where the communication constitutes a formal complaint.