Contact B.K. Singh & Associates: Dwarka and Vaishali Offices

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How do I contact a lawyer at B.K. Singh & Associates?

Phone or WhatsApp is the quickest way to reach us: +91 96259 61599. The same number takes calls and WhatsApp messages, so if a call goes unanswered because we are in a courtroom, send a WhatsApp message with your name and one line about the problem and we will call back. Email to advocates@legals365.com suits longer explanations and scanned documents.

You can also fill in the enquiry form on this page. It asks for your name, mobile number, the type of matter and a short note on what has happened. The form reaches the advocates directly, not a call centre, and it is the right choice if you are writing late at night or find it easier to explain in writing first.

Walking in without calling is the one approach we discourage. Court work fills most working mornings, and an advocate who is at the Dwarka court complex or the Delhi High Court cannot meet you at the office, however long you wait. A two-minute call fixes a time that works for both sides.

Which way of contacting us suits your situation?

Different problems call for different first steps. This is how we suggest you reach us, depending on what you are dealing with.

Whichever route you use, mention any date that appears on a notice, order or summons in your first message. That single date often decides how quickly we need to act.

What are your office hours?

Both offices are open Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm. We are closed on Sundays and gazetted holidays. Calls and WhatsApp messages that arrive outside these hours are seen the next working morning, except where someone has been arrested, which we try to pick up sooner.

Our working days follow the court calendar. On a weekday morning the advocates are usually in court, so an office meeting is easier to fix in the afternoon or on a Saturday. During the summer and winter vacations of the courts the pace changes: fewer regular hearings, but vacation benches still sit for urgent matters, and we can often meet at shorter notice.

Where is your office in Dwarka, New Delhi?

Our Delhi office is at Sector 7, Dwarka, on Ramphal Chowk Road, near ICICI Bank, Palam Extension, New Delhi 110077. Ramphal Chowk is a familiar landmark locally, and auto and cab drivers in Dwarka and Palam generally know it. If you use a map application, search for Ramphal Chowk Road, Sector 7 Dwarka, and use the ICICI Bank branch as your marker.

By metro, the Blue Line runs through Dwarka, and the nearer Dwarka stations are a short auto ride from the office. Tell us where you are starting from when you fix the appointment and we will suggest the simplest route. If you are driving, allow some extra time for parking on the main road at busy hours.

The Dwarka office is the convenient one for matters in the Dwarka district court complex in Sector 10, for police stations in West and South West Delhi, and for clients coming from Gurugram, Palam, Uttam Nagar, Najafgarh or the airport side of the city. Patiala House, Saket and the Delhi High Court are within reasonable reach from here too.

Where is your office in Vaishali, Ghaziabad?

Our Ghaziabad office is Office 1203, Cloud9, Tower S3, Vaishali Sector 1, near Vaishali Metro. Vaishali is the last station on the Blue Line branch towards Ghaziabad, and Cloud9 is a short walk from it. In Tower S3, take the lift to the twelfth floor and look for office 1203.

This office suits clients from East Delhi, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Noida and Greater Noida. Matters in the Ghaziabad district court, the Gautam Buddh Nagar court at Surajpur, the Karkardooma court complex in East Delhi, and police stations on the Uttar Pradesh side of the border are often easier to prepare from here. Many people who live in Noida or Ghaziabad work in Delhi, and their cases can land in either state. We cover both, so choose the office that is convenient for you; it makes no difference to where the case is filed.

The offices and associate offices page has more on court coverage across Delhi NCR and on how we work with associate counsel in other cities.

Do I need an appointment to meet a lawyer?

Yes. Please call or WhatsApp before you come. An appointment means an advocate who has set time aside, and often one who has already looked at the papers you sent, which makes the meeting far more useful than a walk-in conversation.

When you call, we will ask what the matter is about, whether any date is coming up, and which office suits you. If there is a deadline within days, we will try to see you sooner, or speak on the phone first so that nothing lapses while you wait for a meeting. If the problem is one we do not handle, we will say so on that first call rather than ask you to travel. If you are unsure which branch of law your problem falls under, the areas of practice page gives an overview, though a phone call usually settles it faster.

It helps if the person who knows the facts comes to the meeting. A son explaining his father's property dispute, or an accountant explaining a company's cheque case, can only take us so far. Where the person concerned cannot come, a phone or video call with them during the meeting usually works.

Can I consult a lawyer on phone or video call?

Yes, and for many people it is the sensible first step. A video call on WhatsApp or another common platform works well for clients outside Delhi NCR, NRIs, people who cannot take time off work, and anyone who simply wants to understand where they stand before deciding to go ahead. Send the documents beforehand so the advocate can read them before the call.

Some matters do need a visit at some stage. Original documents may have to be inspected, a vakalatnama has to be signed by you (with the welfare stamp affixed in Delhi), and certain affidavits must be sworn before an oath commissioner or notary. We tell you in advance when a physical visit is unavoidable so you can plan for it.

How to prepare for your first meeting with a lawyer

Good preparation gets you a clearer answer in less time. None of this needs any legal knowledge.

1. Write down the dates

   Make a simple list of dates: when the agreement was signed, when the cheque was returned, when the FIR was registered, when you received the notice. It need not be neat. A one-page timeline lets us see within minutes whether a limitation period or statutory deadline is close.

2. Collect every paper, even the ones that seem unimportant

   Bring notices and the envelopes they came in, orders, agreements, receipts, bank statements and messages. The envelope often shows the date of receipt, which can decide whether a 15-day or 30-day period has run. A document you consider irrelevant sometimes turns out to be the strongest one.

3. Put the papers in date order

   A folder in date order, oldest first, saves a surprising amount of time. Keep the originals with you and give us photocopies or scans; we ask for originals only when they need to be inspected or filed.

4. Save the digital evidence properly

   Export the WhatsApp chat or emails, take screenshots that show the date and the number or address, and keep the phone itself safe. In cyber, cheque and family matters this material is often central, and a certificate under section 63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam may later be needed to rely on it in court.

5. Write your questions down

   People forget half their questions once the conversation starts. Note what you want to know: can I file, how long will it take, what will it cost, what happens if I do nothing. We would rather answer your real worries than the ones we guess at.

6. Decide who will attend

   Bring the person whose name is on the documents or who faces the case. A family member who is helping is welcome too, but the advocate will need to hear the facts from the person concerned.

If you cannot gather everything before the meeting, come anyway with what you have. We would rather see half the papers early than all of them after a deadline has passed.

What documents should I bring to a lawyer?

The list depends on the kind of matter. These are the papers we usually ask for first. If you need a vakalatnama or affidavit, ask us for the current format; the forms and formats page explains what each one is for.

What happens at the first meeting?

The first meeting is about understanding your problem and telling you honestly where you stand. You explain what happened, in your own words and in any order. The advocate asks questions, reads the key papers and checks the dates that matter. Expect to be asked about things you would rather not discuss; the awkward facts are usually the ones the other side will raise.

By the end you should know your options in plain terms: what can be filed and where, what the other side is likely to do, how long matters of this kind generally take in the court concerned, and what it will involve for you. Sometimes the honest advice is that court is not the best route, and that a reply to a notice, a negotiated settlement, mediation or a Lok Adalat will serve you better. We say so when that is the case.

Advocate B.K. Singh's habit is to read the order sheet and the operative documents before forming any view, so on a complicated matter he may ask to keep a copy of the file for a day or two before giving a firm opinion. That is not a delay tactic. It is how a view becomes reliable.

How are fees discussed?

Fees are discussed at the first meeting, once we know what the work involves, and are then agreed in writing. For litigation they are usually set stage by stage: drafting and filing, appearances, arguments, and so on. Court fees, stamp duty, typing and filing charges, travel to courts outside Delhi NCR, and the fees of a senior counsel or Supreme Court Advocate-on-Record where one is engaged are separate out-of-pocket costs, and we tell you about them in advance.

We do not quote fees over the phone without seeing the papers, because two cases with the same label can involve very different work. A cheque bounce complaint with one cheque and a clean notice is not the same job as one with ten cheques, a disputed signature and a civil suit running alongside. The written fee terms, together with our terms and conditions, mean you know what you are paying for before work begins.

Is what I tell a lawyer confidential?

Yes. What you tell us for the purpose of getting legal advice stays with us. Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023, which replaced section 126 of the Indian Evidence Act, bars an advocate from disclosing communications made by a client in the course of the professional engagement, or the advice given, without the client's express consent. The Bar Council's rules of professional conduct impose the same duty.

The protection has limits you should know about. It does not cover a communication made to further an illegal purpose, or a crime or fraud committed after the engagement began. It also protects what passes between you and your advocate, not facts that exist independently; a document does not become secret because you handed it to a lawyer.

In practice we keep files at the office, share them only with the people working on your matter, and do not discuss one client's affairs with another. If you send papers by WhatsApp or email, those services hold copies too. Our privacy policy explains how information sent through this website is handled.

Why do you ask who the other party is?

Before we advise in detail, we check that we are not already acting for, and have not advised, the person or company on the other side. This is a conflict check. An advocate cannot act against a client in the same matter, and should not take a brief where information from an earlier client could be used against that client.

So on the first call we ask for the name of the opposite party, and sometimes the names of related people or companies. It takes a moment and protects you as much as anyone. If there is a conflict, we tell you at once, and all you have lost is a phone call.

Common mistakes when contacting a lawyer for the first time

• Waiting for the weekend. Many legal periods run in days, not months: 30 days to send a cheque bounce notice, 45 days to challenge a SARFAESI measure before the DRT, short windows to reply to some notices. Call when the paper arrives, not when it is convenient.
• Sending one page of a document. A photo of the first page of an order or agreement is rarely enough. The operative part, the signatures and the annexures often sit at the end. Send every page, in order.
• Replying to the other side first. People often answer a legal notice or a police notice themselves and then ask a lawyer to repair it. What you have written can be used against you. Speak to us before you reply.
• Leaving out the awkward facts. If you signed something, made a payment or sent an angry message, tell us. We would rather plan around a weak point than be surprised by it in court.
• Relying on someone else's summary. A relative's account of your case is useful, but we need the papers themselves. The exact words in an FIR, a notice or a contract matter.
• Assuming the nearer office decides the court. Which court hears a case depends on the law, where the cause of action arose and the value of the claim, not on where your lawyer sits. Either office can handle a matter in any court in Delhi NCR.

What if it cannot wait for a meeting?

Some situations cannot wait for an appointment: an arrest, a search at your home or office, a hearing listed for tomorrow, a bank taking possession of property, or an order that has to be challenged within days. In these cases call +91 96259 61599 straight away rather than writing an email.

The online enquiry page sets out what details to have ready for each kind of emergency, and the bail lawyer page explains how regular, anticipatory and default bail work under the BNSS. For a first conversation in an emergency, the facts we need are simple: who, where, since when, and under which sections or orders.

Contacting us from outside Delhi NCR or from abroad

Clients outside Delhi NCR, including NRIs, usually start with an email or WhatsApp message followed by a video call at a time that suits their time zone. Many matters can be run with one or two visits to India, or none, if documents are signed before an Indian embassy or consulate, or notarised and apostilled abroad, depending on what the document is and where it will be used. We tell you which formality applies before you spend money on it.

Where a case is in another state, we work with associate counsel there, and for filing in the Supreme Court we work with an Advocate-on-Record, because only an AOR can file there. You still deal with us as your point of contact. Matters before the Supreme Court are explained on our Supreme Court practice page.

Before you call or visit: a short checklist

• You know the date on the latest notice, order or summons
• You have the name and address of the other party
• Your papers are in date order, with photocopies or scans
• Digital evidence is exported or screenshotted with dates visible
• You have a one-page timeline of what happened
• You have written down your questions
• The person concerned can attend, in person or by phone
• You have fixed a time by phone or WhatsApp before travelling

What happens after the first meeting?

If you decide to go ahead, you receive our fee terms in writing and, for court work, a vakalatnama to sign. We then tell you what we need next and when the next action will happen: a notice sent, a petition filed, a date fixed. If you decide not to go ahead, or want time to think, that is entirely your choice, and nobody will chase you.

Once a matter is running, Advocate Sadhna Singh keeps you informed of each date and what happened at it, and sends copies of orders as they come. Court dates move, and adjournments happen for reasons no lawyer controls, but you should never have to guess the status of your own case. If you have a question between dates, the same number and email reach us.

Reading this page or getting in touch does not by itself make us your advocates; that happens only once terms are agreed. Our disclaimer explains why, under the Bar Council of India rules.