A Mara Vakil court group brings together approved advocates who practise at the same court complex and delivers notices from the Mara Vakil team, such as court holiday lists, changed timings and platform updates. This page explains who can join, how approval works, what members receive, how groups differ from bar associations, the code of conduct and how your data is handled.
Join the group of the court where you practise to receive notices from the Mara Vakil team. Court groups are not bar associations.
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Holiday lists, changes in court timings, notices about e-filing and registry procedure, shared as published by the court.
New features on Mara Vakil, changes to the case diary, and how client requests are routed in your area.
A list of other members of the group, showing only name and city, so you know who else from your court is on Mara Vakil.
Notices arrive in the group, the bell icon and browser pop-ups while the site is open. No SMS or WhatsApp marketing.
Notices are for information. Always confirm dates, timings and orders from the official court website, the cause list or the registry before acting on them.
| Mara Vakil court group | Bar association | |
|---|---|---|
| Run by | Mara Vakil, a technology platform | Its elected office bearers under its own rules |
| Membership | Approved Mara Vakil advocates who practise at that court | Advocates admitted under the association's rules and fees |
| Fee | Free | As fixed by the association |
| Voting and elections | None | Members vote in association elections |
| Facilities | Online notices and member list | Chambers, library, welfare schemes and other facilities as the association provides |
| Official standing | No official connection with any court or Bar Council | Recognised by its own constitution and, where applicable, by the State Bar Council |
Joining a court group does not make you a member of any bar association and does not affect any membership, voting or other right you have there.
Members who break these rules, or whose profile or enrolment can no longer be confirmed, can be removed, with the reason recorded and shown to them.
Notices are short, dated and sourced. A typical notice names the court, states the information in one or two sentences and, where it comes from the court, says where the official version can be found. For example, a notice might tell members that the court will remain closed on a particular date as per its published holiday list, that a new e-filing requirement starts from a given day, or that the Mara Vakil case diary now sends reminders at a different time.
Court groups are not intended to compete with or replace bar associations, which have their own constitutions, elections, welfare schemes and facilities. A Mara Vakil court group does not speak for the bar of any court, does not take positions on bar matters and does not organise collective action. If an association would like a notice it has published, such as a change in timings or a holiday, to reach Mara Vakil members of that court, it can write to help@maravakil.in with the official notice. If you believe a group name or description could be confused with your association, tell us and we will review it.
A practising advocate's day depends on a steady flow of small facts: which cases are listed, in which courtroom, at what item number, whether a judge is on leave, whether the court will sit on Saturday, whether the registry has changed a filing rule. Missing one of these can cost a client a hearing. Court groups exist to reduce that risk, but they work best when you understand where each piece of information originates and how reliable each source is.
The cause list is the court's own list of matters to be heard, usually published the evening before on the court's website and, for district courts, on the eCourts portal. High Courts often publish several lists: a daily list, a supplementary list added late, an advance list for the coming week, and separate lists for each bench. The cause list is the primary source. Nothing in a group, a message or a conversation in the corridor overrides it.
Most High Courts and many larger district court complexes run electronic display boards showing which item each courtroom has reached. Many are also available online or through a court's app, so you can follow progress from another courtroom or from your chamber. Display boards tell you about pace, not about whether your matter is listed; check the list for that.
Changes in timings, holidays, rules on filing, dress relaxations in summer and arrangements for vacation benches are announced through notices issued by the Registrar General of a High Court or by the District and Sessions Judge for a district court. These are published on the court's website and usually displayed on notice boards in the complex. A court group notice about such a change is only a pointer to the official notice.
Each High Court publishes an annual calendar with holidays and vacation periods, and district courts follow calendars notified for their State, sometimes with local variations. Gazetted holidays declared at short notice by a State government may or may not apply to courts; the court's own notice decides.
How documents must be paginated, which fee is payable, what format e-filed documents need, and how defects are cured are often set out in practice directions or registry circulars rather than in the procedural codes. These change more often than most advocates expect, and the clerk who handles filing usually hears first.
Bar associations publish their own notices about elections, facilities, welfare schemes and condolence references. These belong to the association. A Mara Vakil court group does not issue or speak for them.
A good deal of practical information still travels by word of mouth in the bar room: that a particular court is taking up part-heard matters first, that the copying section is running behind, that a judge prefers written notes of submissions. This informal knowledge is valuable, but it is not official and it changes quickly. Treat it as a reason to check, not as a fact, and never repeat it to a client as certain.
A court group gathers the facts that matter to everyone practising at one complex and delivers them quietly to members' Mara Vakil accounts, with a note of where the official version can be found. It is a convenience layer on top of official sources, not a replacement for them. Used that way, it saves time without adding risk.
Few things cause as much last-minute confusion as court vacations. Clients often assume courts are simply shut; advocates know that urgent work goes on, but the arrangements change each year.
The Supreme Court and High Courts have a long summer recess and shorter winter or festival breaks, set out in their annual calendars. The Supreme Court has in recent years described its summer break as a period of partial working days, with several benches sitting. District courts in most States have shorter vacations, often staggered so that criminal courts and magistrates continue to sit for remands and bail.
During a vacation, a High Court constitutes vacation benches by notice, naming the judges, dates and the kinds of matters they will hear. Typically these include bail, matters involving personal liberty, urgent injunctions, and cases where delay would cause irreparable harm. Each court sets its own conditions for listing, often requiring a certificate of urgency signed by the advocate.
Before a vacation, tell clients which of their matters will be heard and which will move to the reopening, and what the next dates are likely to be. Clients who know in advance are far less anxious than those who discover in June that nothing will happen until July. Mara Vakil's case diary lets you record the new dates so that clients can see them.
Where the last day of a limitation period falls on a day the court is closed, the Limitation Act generally allows filing on the day the court reopens. This does not extend time otherwise, and special statutes may have their own rules, so do not rely on a vacation to cover a delay.
Arrested persons must still be produced before a magistrate within twenty-four hours, so magistrates take turns on holiday and vacation duty for remands and urgent bail. The Chief Judicial or Metropolitan Magistrate usually publishes a duty roster. Keep it handy if you have a criminal practice.
When a court publishes its vacation notice or a list of vacation benches, the group for that court can carry a short notice pointing members to it. Members still read the official notice themselves, but nobody is left unaware that it exists.
The eCourts project has changed how cases are filed, tracked and heard. Notices about these systems are among the most common items in court groups, because every change affects daily practice.
Every case in a district court has a Case Number Record, a unique sixteen-character code. Searching by CNR on the eCourts services portal or app shows the case history, next date, orders and the judge before whom it is listed. Advocates can register to receive updates for their cases. Keep the CNR in your file and in your case diary entry for every matter.
The Supreme Court, the High Courts and many district courts accept electronic filing through their own portals or the national e-filing system. Advocates register with their enrolment details, upload documents in the prescribed format, pay court fees electronically and receive a filing number. Common pitfalls are scanned documents that are not searchable, files above the size limit, missing bookmarks and unsigned vakalatnamas. Registry circulars set the exact requirements, and they change.
Some portals require a digital signature certificate or Aadhaar-based e-sign for e-filed documents. Obtain one early and keep it valid; an expired certificate on the last day of limitation is an avoidable crisis.
Courts publish video conferencing links for benches that permit remote appearance, often on the cause list or the court website. Each court has its own rules on when remote appearance is allowed, dress, background and conduct. Join early, keep the microphone muted until called, and have the file open.
Many courts now serve summons and notices electronically, by email and messaging, alongside traditional methods, and track service through systems such as NSTEP. Check the service report on the case status page before a hearing so that you know whether the other side has been served.
These help desks, set up inside a growing number of court premises, assist with scanning, uploading, case status queries and copy applications. They are especially useful for advocates new to e-filing.
Orders and judgments are uploaded to the case status page, and several High Courts issue copies with verification codes or QR codes that can be checked online. Where a certified copy is still required, applications can often be made online.
When any of these systems changes, the court usually issues a notice. A court group notice will point members to it, and the legal news page explains how to find original orders and check case status.
Court groups are one of three free tools Mara Vakil offers approved advocates. Used together, they cover the daily rhythm of a practice without adding another noisy app.
Open your case diary to see tomorrow's matters, which you entered with court, case number and hearing date. Check the cause list for each. If your court group carried a notice that day, for example that a particular court will not sit or that the complex will close early, you will have seen it in the bell icon and can plan around it.
After each hearing, add a short note in the case diary: what happened, the next date and any direction. The client can see the next date and your note, which saves you several phone calls a week and gives the client confidence that the matter is being followed.
New client requests matching your practice areas and city show up on your dashboard, with the phone number hidden. If one fits your practice and you have time, accept it and call the client. The number is released only to you. No commission is taken on your fee.
Review the diary for the coming week, check whether any court notices affect your dates, and post any internship opening you need through the Intern Hub.
| Tool | What it does | Who sees what |
|---|---|---|
| Court group | Notices for the court where you practise | Members see each other's name and city only |
| Case diary | Your cases, dates, reminders and hearing notes | You, and the client for their own case |
| Client requests | Requests from people near you in your practice areas | The client's number is released only to the advocate who accepts |
| Intern Hub | Internship and junior advocate openings | Applications reach only the advocate who posted |
Read the case diary guide for details of reminders and client notes.
Many advocates appear in a district court complex most days, the High Court once or twice a week, and a tribunal or consumer commission occasionally. You may join the group of each court where you appear regularly. A few suggestions:
If the court where you practise does not yet have a group, write to help@maravakil.in with the name and address of the court complex. Groups are added where there are enough approved advocates practising there.
Most advocates belong to several online groups: bar association groups, batch groups, practice-area groups and informal circles of colleagues. The same professional rules apply in all of them. These are the points that cause the most trouble.
The duty to keep client communications confidential does not pause in a chat group. Asking colleagues for advice on "a matter I have" is common and often useful, but strip out names, places, dates and any detail that could identify the client. A screenshot of a pleading, even with the cause title cropped, can identify a client to someone who knows the case.
Rule 36 of the Bar Council of India Rules applies to messages as much as to signboards. Posts that amount to seeking work, such as offering services to members' contacts, sharing success stories about one's own cases, or circulating promotional cards, can breach it. Referring a matter to a colleague who handles that area is ordinary professional courtesy; advertising for one is not.
Discussing the law in a pending case is legitimate. Attacking a judge, predicting a result as certain, or commenting in a way that could prejudice a trial is not, and in serious cases can amount to contempt. Remember that group messages are easily forwarded beyond the group.
Criticising another advocate, a party or a public official by name in a group is publication to every member. Truth and fair comment are defences, but the safest course is to raise complaints through proper channels, such as the Bar Council or the court, rather than in a chat.
Orders are public records once uploaded, but documents filed in family, sexual offence and juvenile matters are protected, and identities of victims and children must never be disclosed. Check before forwarding anything.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that advocates have no right to strike or boycott courts, and has said that bar bodies calling such action can face consequences. Mara Vakil court groups are not used to organise abstention from work. Questions about collective action belong with your bar association, subject to the law.
Some advocates create chat groups that include clients, for example in a matter with many family members. Keep such groups small, limited to the matter, and free of anything you would not want read aloud in court. Advice to one client in a group can reach people with conflicting interests, and messages may later be produced as evidence. For dates and progress, a tool such as the case diary, where each client sees only their own matter, is safer.
Open groups often drift into forwarded messages, promotion and argument, which is why many advocates mute them. A Mara Vakil court group carries notices only from the Mara Vakil team, limits member information to name and city, and removes members who breach the code of conduct with a recorded reason. That keeps it useful and keeps members clear of the rules above.
For more on what advocates may publish, read can advocates advertise in India, and for ethical ways to build a practice, read how advocates get clients.
These illustrations, drawn from the kinds of things that happen at every court complex, show how a short notice fits into an advocate's day and what to do with it.
A State government declares a holiday at short notice, and the High Court issues a notice the same evening saying the district courts in the State will remain closed. An advocate with three matters listed the next morning sees the group notice in the bell icon, opens the court website to read the official notice, and messages the three clients that evening. In the morning, instead of a wasted journey, the advocate checks the court's website for how adjourned matters will be listed.
The e-filing portal of a High Court announces maintenance over a weekend. An advocate planning to file an appeal on Monday, the last day of limitation, sees the notice on Friday. Rather than risk a late filing if the portal comes back slowly, the advocate files physically on Friday afternoon, or files on the portal before the maintenance window begins.
A district court announces summer timings, starting earlier and rising earlier for two months. Advocates who see the notice adjust their chamber hours and client meetings; those who rely on habit risk missing early-listed matters.
Before the summer vacation, the High Court publishes the list of vacation benches and the categories of matters they will hear. An advocate with a client facing a possible demolition order reads the notice, prepares an urgent petition with a certificate of urgency, and files it within the cut-off time stated.
A message spreads in several chat groups claiming that physical hearings are suspended for a week. No such notice appears in the court group or on the court website. An advocate who checks both attends court as usual and does not miss a hearing.
Mara Vakil changes the time at which case diary reminders are sent. The notice in the group explains the change, so members are not surprised when reminders arrive at a different hour.
In each case the notice is a prompt, and the official source decides. That is how court groups are meant to be used.
Court groups do not send marketing messages by SMS or WhatsApp. If you are worried about missing a notice, make a habit of opening your dashboard when you check the next day's cause list in the evening. If you believe a notice was not delivered to you, write to help@maravakil.in with the group name and the date.
New advocates, and clients too, often confuse the bodies that make up the legal profession. Each has a distinct role, and a Mara Vakil court group sits outside all of them.
| Body | Created by | Main functions |
|---|---|---|
| Bar Council of India | Advocates Act, 1961 | Lays down standards of professional conduct and etiquette, recognises law degrees and sets legal education standards, conducts the All India Bar Examination, and hears appeals in disciplinary matters. |
| State Bar Councils | Advocates Act, 1961 | Enrol advocates and maintain the State roll, take disciplinary action for misconduct, run welfare schemes and protect advocates' rights within the State. |
| Bar associations | Their own constitutions, as voluntary bodies | Represent advocates practising at a particular court, run chambers, libraries and canteens, organise welfare activities and elect office bearers. |
| Advocates' welfare funds | State laws and the Bar Councils | Provide benefits such as assistance on retirement, illness or death, funded by contributions and welfare stamps on vakalatnamas in many States. |
| Mara Vakil court groups | Mara Vakil, a technology platform | Deliver notices to approved Mara Vakil advocates practising at a court. No regulatory, representative or welfare role. |
Mara Vakil checks enrolment details before approving a profile, but it does not enrol, discipline or certify advocates. Clients who want to confirm an advocate's enrolment can also check with the State Bar Council.
Court groups are organised by court complex because notices usually apply to a whole complex: a holiday, a change in timings, a new security arrangement, a registry move. Here is how the larger cities are laid out, which helps explain why you may want more than one group.
Delhi's district courts sit in several separate complexes, including Tis Hazari, Karkardooma, Patiala House, Rohini, Saket, Dwarka and Rouse Avenue, each serving particular districts or kinds of cases. The Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court are separate again, along with many tribunals. An advocate whose practice spans two or three of these may want a group for each. See the Delhi guide.
The Bombay High Court, the City Civil and Sessions Court, the Small Causes Court for tenancy, metropolitan magistrates' courts in several locations and the family court at Bandra each have their own routines. See the Mumbai guide.
Each has a High Court, city civil courts, criminal courts in one or more complexes and a family court, often in different parts of the city. The Madras and Calcutta High Courts also exercise original civil jurisdiction for their cities. See the guides for Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad.
In most district headquarters, civil, criminal and family courts sit in a single complex, with the High Court or a bench in the State capital or another city. One group for the district complex is usually enough. See the guides for Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Lucknow, or browse lawyers by city.
Every notice in a court group belongs to one of a few categories, and each category has a source we rely on. Knowing this tells you how much weight to give a notice and where to confirm it.
| Category | Typical content | Source we rely on | Where to confirm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holidays and closures | Court closed on a date, local holiday, early closing | Court calendar or notice | Court website or notice board |
| Timings | Changed sitting hours, summer timings, lunch break changes | Notice of the Registrar General or District Judge | Court website |
| Vacation arrangements | Vacation benches, filing cut-offs, categories heard | Vacation notice of the court | Court website and supplementary cause lists |
| Registry and e-filing | New filing format, portal downtime, fee payment changes | Registry circular or portal announcement | Court website or e-filing portal |
| Security and access | Entry gate changes, ID requirements, parking | Court administration notice | Notice board at the complex |
| Platform updates | Changes to the case diary, client request routing, new features | Mara Vakil | Your Mara Vakil dashboard |
There is no fixed schedule. A busy court complex may produce a few notices a month, mostly around holidays, vacations and registry changes; a quieter one may go weeks without any. We would rather send nothing than send something that is not useful, because a group that stays quiet is a group members actually read when it does speak.
If a court later changes or withdraws what it announced, we send a short correction in the same group so that members are not left with outdated information. If you spot an error first, tell us and we will check it against the source.
Court groups carry notices, not welfare. But advocates, especially in their early years, often do not know what support exists. A short guide to where to look:
Where a State Bar Council or legal services authority publishes a notice relevant to advocates at a particular court, such as an empanelment call, the court group may point members to it.
Much of what goes wrong in a case goes wrong in the registry rather than in the courtroom: a defect that was not cured, a process fee not paid, a copy not applied for in time. Advocates who keep a good working relationship with the registry and court staff lose fewer days. Some habits that help:
When a registry issues a circular changing its requirements, a court group notice will point members to it. Keep your own list of current requirements for each court where you practise.
Advocates using Mara Vakil for client requests and the case diary asked for a reliable way to receive court notices tied to the courts they actually practise in. Court groups do only that.
No. It has no elections, office bearers, funds or representative role, does not take positions on bar matters and does not organise collective action. Its members cannot even post messages.
The Mara Vakil team, following the categories and sources set out on this page. Notices that do not fit those categories are not sent.
Yes. Write to help@maravakil.in with the details. If a notice is wrong or could be confused with an association's own communication, we review it promptly.
No. Members see each other's name and city only, and member lists are not sold or shared. Members are asked not to copy or reuse other members' details.
The dress advocates wear in court is prescribed by the Bar Council of India Rules made under the Advocates Act. In outline, male advocates wear a black buttoned-up coat, chapkan, achkan or sherwani, or a black open-breast coat with a white shirt, white bands and dark trousers; female advocates wear a black full-sleeve jacket or blouse with white bands, with a saree or other traditional dress, or a dark skirt or trousers. Gowns are worn in the Supreme Court and High Courts, and are optional in other courts except where a court directs otherwise.
Because the dress is heavy for Indian summers, High Courts often issue notices relaxing the requirement to wear coats or gowns during the hottest months, particularly in district courts. These relaxations are temporary and specific to each court, which is exactly the kind of information a court group notice points to. When in doubt, wear the full dress; it is never wrong.
Interns and law clerks do not wear bands or gowns, which are reserved for enrolled advocates. See the internship guide for what interns should wear.
Notices are issued by officers whose titles can be confusing. This is who they are and what each one does.
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of the High Court | Head of the State judiciary on the administrative side, and master of the roster deciding which benches hear which matters. |
| Registrar General | Senior judicial officer who heads the High Court's administration and issues most notices on timings, holidays and procedure. |
| Administrative or inspecting judge | A High Court judge assigned to oversee one or more districts, to whom district-level issues can be escalated. |
| District and Sessions Judge | The senior-most judicial officer of a district, responsible for administration of the district courts and for notices applying to the district complex. |
| Chief Judicial Magistrate or Chief Metropolitan Magistrate | Supervises magistrates' courts in the district or metropolitan area and arranges remand duty on holidays. |
| Reader or court master | Manages the court's daily board and files and records proceedings in the order sheet. |
| Ahlmad | In many northern courts, the official who keeps custody of the case files of a particular court. |
| Nazir and nazarat | The nazir heads the branch that handles process serving, court property and accounts in many district courts. |
| District Legal Services Authority | Runs legal aid, Lok Adalats and legal literacy in the district, usually chaired by the District Judge. |
| Mediation centre | Court-annexed centre where referred disputes are mediated by trained mediators, often advocates. |
Titles and functions vary between States, and some courts use different names for the same posts. When a notice is signed by one of these officers, it is official; a message attributed to one of them without a signed notice should be checked.
Experienced advocates rarely miss a hearing, not because they have better memories but because they follow the same routine every evening. A version of that routine:
The whole routine takes fifteen to thirty minutes for a typical day's list, and it prevents most of the avoidable problems that cost clients time and money.
Court calendars shape an advocate's year more than most people realise. A little planning around them helps both the practice and clients.
Clients judge their advocate as much by communication as by results. When a court closes unexpectedly, a judge is on leave or a vacation pushes a matter by weeks, the client usually hears nothing unless the advocate tells them. A short message turns a frustrating surprise into a sign of care.
Court groups are designed to work for every approved advocate, whatever their seniority, location or circumstances. Notices are short, in plain English and readable on a basic phone browser. Advocates with a visual impairment can use screen readers with the site, and if any part of the group pages is hard to use with assistive technology, we want to hear about it at help@maravakil.in. Membership decisions are made on the same criteria for everyone: an approved profile and regular practice at the court. Where a request is refused or a member is removed, the reason is recorded and shown, and can be raised through the grievance process.
The first weeks after enrolment can be disorienting. Every court complex has its own geography, habits and unwritten rules. This checklist helps you settle in quickly.
Young advocates most often lose ground in small ways: arriving after their item has been called, filing without checking the registry's current format, forgetting to apply for a certified copy, or promising a client a date before it is fixed. None of these needs talent to avoid, only routine. Build the routine in your first month and it will carry you through the busy years that follow. Ask seniors at the bar for help when you are unsure; most remember their own first months and are generous with advice.
Once your enrolment and profile are in order, client requests from your area and practice areas can start reaching your dashboard. Read how advocate registration works and how advocates get clients ethically.
An advocate's account holds client names, phone numbers, case details and hearing notes. Treat it with the same care as a physical file cabinet.
Fake court circulars appear regularly in advocates' chat groups: a holiday that was never declared, a fabricated order suspending physical hearings, a false notice about new fees. Some are mistakes, some are pranks, and some are designed to trick people into clicking links.
If you receive a suspicious circular, do not forward it. Check the court's website and, if it is fake, say so in the group where you saw it.
Notices in a Mara Vakil court group come only from the Mara Vakil team, and court-related notices are based on information the court itself has published, with a pointer to where the official version can be found. Members cannot post or forward messages into the group, so a fake circular cannot spread through it. If you think a notice in a group is wrong, tell us and we will check it against the source and correct it.
Advocates already belong to formal bar associations and often to several informal chat groups. A Mara Vakil court group serves a narrower purpose. It is a quiet, moderated channel where the information you receive is limited to the court you practise in and to the platform you use for client requests and your case diary. Because members must have an approved profile, everyone in the group has passed the same enrolment check. Because the group cannot be used for advertising or soliciting work, it stays clear of the kind of promotion that Bar Council rules prohibit. And because you can leave and delete your data at any time, joining carries no long-term commitment.
Record cases with case number, court and hearing dates, get a reminder a day before each date, and write notes after hearings that the client can follow.
Receive requests from people near you in your practice areas, with no commission on your fees.
Post internship and junior advocate openings and receive applications from law students.
What Bar Council rules allow advocates to publish, and what they do not.
A free online group run by Mara Vakil for advocates who practise at a particular court complex, used to share notices from the Mara Vakil team.
No. It has no connection with any Bar Association, Bar Council, court or court administration.
Advocates enrolled with a State Bar Council who have an approved Mara Vakil profile.
No. Joining a court group is free.
Yes, the group of each court where you regularly practise.
The admin checks your profile and may ask you to confirm that you practise at that court.
Notices from the Mara Vakil team about the platform and court information such as holiday lists or changed timings.
No marketing by SMS or WhatsApp. Notices appear in the group, the bell icon and browser pop-ups while the site is open.
No. Advocates may not advertise or solicit work under Rule 36 of the Bar Council of India Rules.
Other members see only your name and city.
Use the "Leave this group" button. You can also delete all your group data.
The reason is recorded and shown to you, and you can raise it through our grievance redressal process.
No. The cause list published by the court is the only authoritative source for which matters are listed.
No. Notices come only from the Mara Vakil team, which keeps the group quiet and stops forwarded or promotional messages.
When a court publishes its vacation arrangements, the group may carry a short notice pointing to the official notice. Always read the court's own notice.
Write to help@maravakil.in with the name of the court complex. Groups are added where enough approved advocates practise.
Yes, if the junior is enrolled and has their own approved Mara Vakil profile.
No. Logins must not be shared. Notices are meant for the approved advocate.
Group notices come from the Mara Vakil team and point to the official source. If something looks wrong, check the court website and tell us.
No. Other members see only your name and city.
An association can send its official published notice to help@maravakil.in, and the team may pass it on to members of that court's group.
No. Groups carry notices only, and client matters should never be discussed there.
When a court issues a notice relaxing dress requirements, the group may point members to it. The relaxation applies only as the court's notice says.
Usually the Registrar General of the High Court or the District and Sessions Judge, as published on the court website.
Yes. If a court changes or withdraws an announcement, a short correction is sent in the same group.
Yes. Notices stay in the group with their dates, so you can scroll back.
No. Welfare funds are run through State Bar Councils and related bodies. A group may point to their public notices.
You can join the group of each court where you regularly practise. Joining groups for courts you rarely visit is discouraged.
Group membership depends on an approved profile. If the profile is suspended or enrolment cannot be confirmed, membership may be ended with the reason recorded.
No. Court groups are only for enrolled advocates with an approved Mara Vakil profile.
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