In short
Storzu builds an information website for advocates and law firms that publishes only what Bar Council Rule 36 permits — name, contact details, enrolment number, State Bar Council, qualifications and areas of practice — and accepts consultation requests. Reviews, case results, achievements and online fee collection are withheld by the platform, not left to your judgement.
Exactly what your page carries
Rule 36 works as a closed list: the permitted particulars are enumerated, and the Bar Council’s own resolution treats anything beyond them as a violation. Storzu models it the same way — as an allowlist, not a set of switches you could turn on.
Bar Council of India — BCI Rules, Ch. II, Part VI, Rule 36 (as amended 2008)
What your page publishes
- Bar Council enrolment number
- State Bar Council
- Contact details, areas of practice, and your qualifications
- A consultation request form — a request, never a “Book now”
What Storzu withholds, and why
- Client reviews and testimonialsPublishing them is treated as soliciting work, which is professional misconduct.
- Awards, rankings and recognitionsSelf-laudatory claims fall outside what the regulator permits on a practice site.
- Practice statisticsFigures like “500+ matters handled” are a self-made claim of professional success, published to attract work.
- Case results, client lists and past-work galleriesNaming outcomes or clients is both solicitation and, in most practices, a confidentiality problem.
- Online fee collectionAdvertising or publicly quoting fees is restricted, so the public page carries no payment link.
Shown on your page: “This page is for information only. It is not an advertisement or solicitation of work, and nothing here creates a lawyer–client relationship.”
Why the platform enforces it instead of you
A breach of Rule 36 is professional misconduct under section 35 of the Advocates Act, and the consequence lands on your licence — not on your conversion rate. A website builder that offers a testimonials section to every user is offering you a liability.
In March 2025 the Bar Council also directed State Bar Councils to force withdrawal of violating advertisements and warned that digital platforms may be drawn into complaints. That is why this is modelled as a platform-enforced allowlist rather than a disclaimer you sign.
Questions advocates ask
Can an advocate have a website in India?
Yes. A 2008 amendment to Bar Council Rule 36 permits an advocate's website carrying a defined list of particulars: name, address, telephone, email, enrolment number and date, State Bar Council, Bar Association membership, professional and academic qualifications, and areas of practice. The restriction is not on having a site — it is on what the site may contain.
What is Storzu doing differently from an ordinary website builder?
A general builder will let you add testimonials, case results and an awards section, because it has no idea you are an advocate. Storzu models Rule 36 as an allowlist at the platform level, so those surfaces are not available on an advocate's site at all. The protection does not depend on you remembering.
Can clients book an appointment, or is it a request?
Clients can send a consultation request, and the site is deliberately worded that way — a request, never a “Book now”. Arranging a consultation with an advocate the client has already found is not soliciting work; framing it as an offer pushed at them would be.
Can I collect fees through the site?
No, and this is deliberate. Advertising or publicly quoting fees falls outside what Rule 36 permits, so an advocate's Storzu site carries no payment link and no fee display. That restriction is applied by the platform rather than being a setting you could switch on.
Can I list the areas of law I practise?
Yes. Areas of practice are expressly within the permitted particulars, as are your professional and academic qualifications and your Bar Association membership. What is not permitted is characterising your record in them.
What does it cost?
The Free plan is ₹0 with no card required and covers a single practitioner's information site. Growth (₹199/month) adds your own domain — many practices prefer their own domain for credibility — along with 50 listed services and unlimited consultation requests.
Is this legal advice?
No. This page describes how Storzu's product is built and cites the rules it is built against. It is not legal advice, and the responsibility for what a practice publishes remains with the advocate. If you are unsure whether something is permitted, ask your State Bar Council.
Related
A page a client can verify you on
Your enrolment number, your State Bar Council and your areas of practice — published plainly, and nothing that should not be there.
Build my practice site free →Storzu is a software platform, not a law firm. This page describes how the product is built and cites the rules it is built against; it is not legal advice, and responsibility for what a practice publishes remains with the advocate.