# LegalFirms.in

> LegalFirms.in is an independent legal directory and publishing site for India. It lists advocates and law firms by practice area and city, publishes plain-English legal guides and free legal tools, publishes Supreme Court and High Court judgments, and runs a public legal question-and-answer section on directory.legalfirms.in. It is not a law firm, does not give legal advice and is not affiliated with any court or Bar Council.

Content is in English and concerns Indian law, including the new criminal codes (Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, BNSS and BSA, in force from 1 July 2024) alongside the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act they replaced. Pages describe general law; they are not advice on a specific matter.

Last reviewed: 9 November 2026.

## Find an advocate or law firm

- [Advocate search](https://directory.legalfirms.in/ask/search): search advocate profiles by name, legal issue, area of law and city or state
- [Browse law firms](https://directory.legalfirms.in/browse-firms): law firm pages by city and practice area
- Advocate profiles: `https://directory.legalfirms.in/ask/advocate/{slug}`; law firm pages: `https://directory.legalfirms.in/firm/{slug}`
- City pages by area of law: `https://legalfirms.in/advocates/{practice-slug}/{city-slug}/` and `https://legalfirms.in/law-firms/{practice-slug}/{city-slug}/` (for example [criminal lawyers in Delhi](https://legalfirms.in/advocates/criminal-litigation/delhi/))
- [Courts](https://legalfirms.in/courts/) and [NRI legal services](https://legalfirms.in/nri/)
- The blue "Verified" tick on a profile needs evidence: for an advocate, a signed declaration of their Bar Council enrolment number, a checked enrolment certificate or a Gold review; for a law firm, a checked registration document, a Gold review or a paid plan. Unclaimed profiles carry no tick.
- Enquiries are free. An enquiry sent from a managed profile goes only to that advocate or firm; other enquiries go to advocates and firms who handle that kind of matter, and contact details are shown only to those who open the enquiry. Fees are agreed directly with the advocate. There is no fee per enquiry for advocates.

## Questions and answers

- [Legal Q&A](https://directory.legalfirms.in/ask/): questions asked by the public, with answers from advocates whose profiles have been approved
- [Ask a question](https://directory.legalfirms.in/ask/ask): standard questions are free; Priority questions are paid and also get an answer written with AI, marked as such
- Categories: `https://directory.legalfirms.in/ask/category/{slug}` (property law, divorce and family law, criminal law, consumer rights, labour and employment, cheque bounce, cyber law, wills and inheritance and others); single questions: `https://directory.legalfirms.in/ask/q/{slug}`

## Judgments

- [Judgments](https://legalfirms.in/judgments/): Supreme Court and High Court judgments
- [Supreme Court](https://legalfirms.in/judgments/court/supreme-court/): taken from the Supreme Court Reports, the Court's own law report, with its official issue and headnote and the neutral (INSC) and SCR citations. Data from the Indian Supreme Court Judgments data set (CC BY 4.0).
- High Court judgments are added from public sources; their summaries are written with AI and published only after a person reviews them.
- [By topic](https://legalfirms.in/judgments/topics/), [by Act](https://legalfirms.in/judgments/acts/) and [by judge](https://legalfirms.in/judgments/judges/); pages follow `https://legalfirms.in/judgments/topic/{slug}/`, `https://legalfirms.in/judgments/act/{act-slug}/`, `https://legalfirms.in/judgments/act/{act-slug}/{section}/` and `https://legalfirms.in/judgments/judge/{slug}/`
- Single judgments: `https://legalfirms.in/judgments/{slug}/`. The issue and headnote are free to read; the full text needs a subscription. Translations published by the Supreme Court are linked where they exist.
- [Ask LexAI](https://legalfirms.in/judgments/ask/): answers questions about case law from the published headnotes, with citations
- [Civil judgments](https://legalfirms.in/judgments/civil/) and [criminal judgments](https://legalfirms.in/judgments/criminal/)

## Guides

- [Legal guides index](https://legalfirms.in/guides/): all guides, grouped by topic
- [Rights of an arrested person under BNSS](https://legalfirms.in/guides/rights-arrested-person/)
- [Bailable and non-bailable offences](https://legalfirms.in/guides/bailable-non-bailable-offence/)
- [What to do if police refuse to register an FIR](https://legalfirms.in/guides/police-refuse-fir/)
- [How to file an FIR in India](https://legalfirms.in/guides/how-to-file-fir-india/)
- [How to get anticipatory bail](https://legalfirms.in/guides/how-to-get-anticipatory-bail/)
- [Unpaid salary: remedies in India](https://legalfirms.in/guides/unpaid-salary-remedy-india/)
- [How to file a consumer complaint](https://legalfirms.in/guides/file-consumer-complaint/)
- [How to send a legal notice](https://legalfirms.in/guides/how-to-send-legal-notice/)
- [How to file a cheque bounce case](https://legalfirms.in/guides/how-to-file-cheque-bounce-case/)
- [Partition suit in India](https://legalfirms.in/guides/partition-suit-india/)
- [How to file for divorce in India](https://legalfirms.in/guides/how-to-file-divorce-india/)
- [Tenant rights in India](https://legalfirms.in/guides/tenant-rights-india/)

## Tools

- [Tools index](https://legalfirms.in/tools/)
- [Bail Checker](https://legalfirms.in/tools/bail-checker/): bailable or not, cognizable or not, and which court tries an offence under BNS 2023
- [Section Mapper](https://legalfirms.in/tools/section-mapper/): IPC to BNS, CrPC to BNSS, Evidence Act to BSA
- [Limitation Calculator](https://legalfirms.in/tools/limitation-calculator/): deadlines for suits, appeals, consumer complaints and cheque bounce cases
- [Legal Notice Generator](https://legalfirms.in/tools/notice-generator/)
- [Court Fee Calculator](https://legalfirms.in/tools/court-fee-calculator/) and [Stamp Duty Calculator](https://legalfirms.in/tools/stamp-duty-calculator/): state by state
- [Consumer Complaint Filer](https://legalfirms.in/tools/consumer-complaint-filer/): which commission hears a complaint
- [FIR guide](https://legalfirms.in/tools/fir-guide/), [Maintenance guide](https://legalfirms.in/tools/maintenance-guide/), [Succession basics](https://legalfirms.in/tools/succession-basics/), [Know your rights](https://legalfirms.in/tools/know-your-rights/)
- [RTI Application Generator](https://legalfirms.in/tools/rti-generator/) and [Case Status Launcher](https://legalfirms.in/tools/case-status-launcher/) (links to eCourts)

## Optional

- [Magazine](https://legalfirms.in/magazine/): interviews, analysis and commentary on law and public life in India
- [Sitemap index](https://legalfirms.in/sitemap.xml) and the directory's sitemaps on directory.legalfirms.in
- Contact: info@legalfirms.in