When Shreya Sharma, a 25-year-old lawyer from Pune, met a lady in her fifties who was dealing with 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 a lot of Indians who face comparable authorized conundrums, as authorized literacy stays poor. Recognising this hole, and to allow entry to the correct authorized info, Shreya began ‘Relaxation The Case’, a authorized aggregator platform in Pune. 

She discovered her calling when she was engaged on a venture which concerned interviewing legal professionals as a scholar at Cardiff College. She looked for authorized info on-line, and located many credible web sites providing this, together with an inventory of legal professionals. 

However was one thing like this accessible in India? The 25-year-old discovered that there wasn’t. 

Relaxation The Case supplies authorized info, from fundamental templates to reveal acts, authorized drafting, and an inventory of legal professionals. It has additionally created a community base for legal professionals of various specialisations to attach with shoppers. Greater than 1,200 legal professionals from throughout the nation are already part of it. 

Whereas Shreya doesn’t cost something from shoppers, she has created totally different packages for legal professionals, making a income of Rs 1.25 crores within the 2022-23 monetary 12 months alone. 

Her intention, she shares with The Higher India, is to supply the correct authorized info 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 probably the most. “I discovered these web sites very fascinating 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 drawback by constructing the answer herself.

With preliminary funding from her father, Shreya employed a number of interns and constructed the web site for Relaxation The Case after returning to Pune, Maharashtra. She ensured that each info posted on the web site was written by a lawyer. 

“My thought with Relaxation The Case is to supply vetted info underneath one roof, which the web doesn’t present. I’ve created one place the place you will discover all the things from fundamental info, easy methods to file a case to which lawyer to decide on. We individually discuss to shoppers earlier than sharing their info with legal professionals,” she provides. 

The following step was getting legal professionals 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 ‘faculty venture’. However she endured and it paid off after she defined how this may be useful for everybody concerned.

“I might present the legal professionals our web site and provides them detailed explanations. Many have been sceptical and believed that this venture would shut down in a number of months, nevertheless it didn’t. Slowly however absolutely, I onboarded about 30 legal professionals,” she explains.

A Yellow Pages for legal professionals

On the web site, one can discover legal professionals throughout 200 cities like Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Goa, Delhi, and extra, practising in several authorized issues. All one has to do is seek for a lawyer of their metropolis and the matter they need assistance with. 

“You’ll be able to see the lawyer’s profile, the place they practise, their expertise and get in contact with them. You can too e-book an appointment with the lawyer you select,” Shreya explains.

The service is free for purchasers. For individuals who want fundamental info, in addition they present info and FAQs. 

“My preliminary thought behind beginning this platform was to teach individuals. Publicity to information and entry to fundamental legalities is sorely lacking right here. We give you all the knowledge that you simply want even earlier than visiting a lawyer. You need to file an FIR? Right here’s a template which you simply have to fill in,” explains the younger lawyer.

As a part of the totally different packages that Relaxation the Case supplies to legal professionals, they permit them to assist with leads and show their profile. In addition they present a Consumer Administration System (CMS) to assist the legal professionals handle and doc the information. 

Siddhant Deshpande, a prison 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 legal professionals to achieve an excellent buyer base and deal with a wide range of instances. 

“I discovered the corporate by social media. What is exclusive about them is the truth that they provide you verified leads (shoppers) and aid you with all of the background info. They offer you a reasonably whole lot and take into consideration the welfare of each the shoppers and the legal professionals,” says Siddhant.

So, how are the legal professionals vetted?

“Every lawyer’s info is cross checked with the bar council. We confirm their credentials by their bar council quantity,” states Shreya. The legal professionals utilizing the web site have an expertise of anyplace between three and twenty years, bringing in a visitors of about 200-300 prospects each month.

As per their research, a lot 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 legal professionals from extra cities throughout India.

Whereas most individuals get frazzled in the case of issues of the courtroom, the benefit and one-on-one assist that the platform supplies has turn out to be their USP. “We’ve made entry to authorized info 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, time out. 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 teenager face challenges when individuals refused to take her significantly. She even struggled to seek out staff when she began off, however she made her work converse 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 pay attention to the legal guidelines that concern you. Authorized information is simply as vital as monetary training. As customers, 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)