Questions
Before you write
Bhupendra Kumar Gupta, Advocate, New Delhi. These points before a conference.
- Does writing to chambers create a retainer?
- No. A conference request is a request. Engagement begins only when chambers accepts instructions in writing and a fee is agreed. Until then there is no advocate-client relationship and no privilege.
- What papers should I send for a first conference?
- A short note of facts, the last order, the FIR or legal notice if any, and a list of what you hold. PDFs are preferred. Photographs of a few pages are not a brief. Chambers will say if a certified copy or a fuller file is required before a conference is listed.
- Are fees published on this site?
- No. A professional fee is discussed in conference, on the papers and the forum. The chambers does not advertise a tariff, a package, or a result-linked fee.
- Will chambers take a matter on a promised result?
- No. Indian professional rules do not permit an advocate to guarantee an outcome. The chambers will say, on the papers, whether a case is arguable and in which forum — nothing more.
- Can I send papers on WhatsApp?
- Yes — a first note of facts may come on WhatsApp. A brief is still a set of PDFs or certified copies. Photographs of a few pages are not a brief.
- Do you appear outside Delhi?
- The home forums are the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court, and the Delhi district courts and tribunals. Instructions in other cities are considered where the papers and the listing make it sensible, often with local instructing counsel.
- Is conference available in Hindi?
- Yes. Conferences are taken in English or Hindi. Papers may be in either language; certified translations are asked for only where a forum requires them.
- What is government liaisoning, as distinct from appearance?
- Appearance is in court. Liaisoning is the file moving at a registry, a customs or GST counter, a municipal desk, or an investigating agency — inspection, certified copies, dak, listing of a personal hearing. Many matters stall there, not in argument.
- How do I reach chambers at Bhikaji Cama Place?
- 306, Third Floor, Somdutt Chamber-2, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi – 110066. Conferences are by appointment only. A map and the nearest metro are on the How to reach page.
- Is this website an advertisement?
- No. It is an informational site of the kind the Bar Council of India has permitted advocates to maintain: name, forums, qualifications of the work, and a way to write in. It does not claim superiority, publish success rates, or solicit through touts.