When Shreya Sharma, a 25-year-old lawyer from Pune, met a lady in her fifties who was going through a property dispute, she realised that there was nobody to advise her. The lady was clueless about which lawyer to strategy, what the process would entail, and this solely added to her worries.
There are lots of Indians who face comparable authorized conundrums, as authorized literacy stays poor. Recognising this hole, and to allow entry to the precise authorized data, Shreya began ‘Relaxation The Case’, a authorized aggregator platform in Pune.
She discovered her calling when she was engaged on a challenge which concerned interviewing attorneys as a pupil at Cardiff College. She looked for authorized data on-line, and located many credible web sites providing this, together with an inventory of attorneys.
However was one thing like this out there in India? The 25-year-old discovered that there wasn’t.
Relaxation The Case gives authorized data, from primary templates to reveal acts, authorized drafting, and an inventory of attorneys. It has additionally created a community base for attorneys of various specialisations to attach with shoppers. Greater than 1,200 attorneys from throughout the nation are already part of it.
Whereas Shreya doesn’t cost something from shoppers, she has created completely different packages for attorneys, making a income of Rs 1.25 crores within the 2022-23 monetary yr alone.
Her intention, she shares with The Higher India, is to offer the precise authorized data with only a click on.
Simplifying authorized jargon
The benefit of entry when it got here to discovering authorized assist in the UK is what stayed with Shreya essentially the most. “I discovered these web sites very attention-grabbing as I had not seen one thing like this earlier than,” she provides.
When she seemed for comparable web sites in India, or a single web site which would supply a one-stop resolution to all authorized questions, she was unable to seek out one. She then determined to resolve this downside by constructing the answer herself.
With preliminary funding from her father, Shreya employed a couple of interns and constructed the web site for Relaxation The Case after returning to Pune, Maharashtra. She ensured that each data posted on the web site was written by a lawyer.
“My thought with Relaxation The Case is to offer vetted data below one roof, which the web doesn’t present. I’ve created one place the place you could find every part from primary data, tips on how to file a case to which lawyer to decide on. We individually speak to shoppers earlier than sharing their data with attorneys,” she provides.
The following step was getting attorneys onboard. The then 21-year-old would knock on their doorways and clarify her imaginative and prescient. Initially, many dismissed her or her thought as a mere ‘school challenge’. However she endured and it paid off after she defined how this is able to be helpful for everybody concerned.
“I’d present the attorneys our web site and provides them detailed explanations. Many have been sceptical and believed that this challenge would shut down in a couple of months, however it didn’t. Slowly however certainly, I onboarded about 30 attorneys,” she explains.
A Yellow Pages for attorneys
On the web site, one can discover attorneys throughout 200 cities like Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Goa, Delhi, and extra, practising in numerous authorized issues. All one has to do is seek for a lawyer of their metropolis and the matter they need assistance with.
“You may see the lawyer’s profile, the place they practise, their expertise and get in contact with them. It’s also possible to ebook an appointment with the lawyer you select,” Shreya explains.
The service is free for purchasers. For individuals who want primary data, additionally they present data and FAQs.
“My preliminary thought behind beginning this platform was to coach individuals. Publicity to data and entry to primary legalities is sorely lacking right here. We give you all the knowledge that you just want even earlier than visiting a lawyer. You need to file an FIR? Right here’s a template which you simply must fill in,” explains the younger lawyer.
As a part of the completely different packages that Relaxation the Case gives to attorneys, they permit them to assist with leads and show their profile. Additionally they present a Consumer Administration System (CMS) to assist the attorneys handle and doc the info.
Siddhant Deshpande, a legal lawyer practising on the Bombay Excessive Courtroom, states that Relaxation The Case has helped him with over 10 leads up to now, which is useful for younger attorneys to realize a very good buyer base and deal with a wide range of instances.
“I discovered the corporate via social media. What is exclusive about them is the truth that they provide you verified leads (shoppers) and enable you to with all of the background data. They offer you a fairly whole lot and take into consideration the welfare of each the shoppers and the attorneys,” says Siddhant.
So, how are the attorneys vetted?
“Every lawyer’s data is cross checked with the bar council. We confirm their credentials via their bar council quantity,” states Shreya. The attorneys utilizing the web site have an expertise of wherever between three and twenty years, bringing in a site visitors of about 200-300 clients each month.
As per their research, many of the shoppers on Relaxation The Case are utilizing help for both divorce or household legislation instances, or property disputes.
With a crew of 15, the CEO is wanting to usher in attorneys from extra cities throughout India.
Whereas most individuals get frazzled in the case of issues of the court docket, the benefit and one-on-one assist that the platform gives has turn out to be their USP. “We’ve made entry to authorized data so simple as clicking a button,” provides the lawyer.
Why applicable publicity issues
Belonging to a household of 10, Shreya grew up round entrepreneurial mindsets and conversations.
“I grew up in a joint household the place all people works. My father runs instructional establishments and everybody has an incredible drive, working day in, day trip. I’ve been visiting their workplaces since I used to be a child and I used to take pleasure in it. That’s how an acumen for enterprise was virtually ingrained in me,” smiles Shreya.
This coaching additionally helped the teen face challenges when individuals refused to take her critically. She even struggled to seek out workers when she began off, however she made her work communicate loud and clear, and located individuals who understood her imaginative and prescient.
Together with this, she additionally runs a podcast referred to as ‘Legally Talking With Relaxation The Case’ that discusses newest authorized developments and decodes the intricacies of legislation.
So, is there any authorized recommendation that she would give to everybody?
“One ought to concentrate on the legal guidelines that concern you. Authorized data is simply as essential as monetary schooling. As shoppers, being conscious of client rights is of paramount significance. Learn up on issues associated to you and your line of labor. Know your rights as a tenant or property proprietor,” she says.
(Edited by Padmashree Pande, Footage Courtesy Shreya Sharma)
