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There are over three million cases pending in India's 21 high courts and 26.3

million more cases pending in subordinate courts across the country, not taking

into account quarter of a million under-trials languishing in jails. Why can't

technology make a small contribution to these big numbers? A portal called

AdvocateKhoj desires to contribute in that line. Positioned as India's Dedicated

Case Post System for Consumers to help people find a well-qualified advocate for

their legal issues, the web platform is aimed at connecting the lay man to the

judiciary. The website allows any user to create a free account and post his

case details, which would in turn be viewed by a set of advocates who would give

their inputs on the specific case. Based on their inputs, the user can choose

one of the advocates to fight his/her case, or in certain cases, get more

clarity on his/her case. On the other side, the website has a pool of

subscribing advocates who are paid registered members with the portal. When a

query comes in from a user, it is redirected to a group of advocates based on

the location of the user. If a query comes in from Bangalore, it would be

redirected to the 15 odd registered advocates from Bangalore. Depending on the

complexity of the case, the user would get the responses.

Company Scenario

Before Deployment

Over three million cases pending in India's 21 high courts and 26.3 million more cases pending in subordinate courts across the country

After Deployment

800 concurrent cases being discussed by a pool of advocates from 250 locations

Project Head

Nitish John Co-founder — AdvocateKhoj Anoop Vincent Co-founder — AdvocateKhoj

The user can search and investigate the background, experience and expertise

of the advocates by using the communication platform free of charge. He also has

the option of remaining anonymous till he has decided on which advocate to

engage, at which point the consumer may opt to fully disclose his, identity. At

the same time, advocates can filter out cases based on their area of expertise.

This reduces the off-area and spurious cases to the advocates' table and helps

advocate focus on his area of expertise. The site also has an interesting

resource section called Law Library, which has sub-categories like Legal Tips,

Rules, Glossary and a rather exhaustive list of 250 acts in alphabetical order.

Technologically, the portal is powered by Java, PHP, MySql, Javascript, SSL,

HTML, DHTML, CSS, and .NET Technologies, with hardware powered by Dual Xenon

processors, centers with redundant Fiber Entrances and redundant Tier One

Backbones.