Confidentiality & No Advocate–Client Relationship Notice

Effective date: January 2026 Last updated: January 2026

This is the most important page on this Website. Please read it before you contact us.

1. Contacting us does not make you a client

Browsing this Website, submitting the enquiry form, sending an email to dkbadvocates@gmail.com, calling, or messaging on WhatsApp does not make you a client of DKB Advocates and does not create an advocate–client relationship.

An advocate–client relationship with Adv. Darshit Bhanderi comes into existence only when both of the following have happened:

1. we have checked for conflicts of interest and confirmed in writing that we are able to act for you in the matter; and
2. the terms of engagement, including the scope of work and fees, have been agreed with you in writing.

Until both are done, we are not your advocate, we are not acting on your matter, and we owe you no duty to act.

2. What you send us before then may not be privileged

Communications between an advocate and a client are protected. Communications sent by a stranger to an advocate who has not accepted the matter may not be.

This has three consequences you should understand:

• Privilege may not attach. Information you send us before an engagement exists may not be protected by advocate–client privilege under Section 126 of the Indian Evidence Act / Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam.
• A conflict may already exist. We may already be acting, or may in future act, for the other side in your dispute — a co-owner, a builder, a bank, a neighbour, a family member. Until a conflict check is done, we cannot know. We are not prevented from acting against you merely because you sent us an unsolicited message.
• We are not obliged to keep it out of use. Unsolicited information sent to us does not, by itself, disqualify us from acting for another party in the same matter.

3. So: do not send documents or case details through this Website

Please do not send, through the enquiry form, by email, or over WhatsApp:

• sale deeds, banakhat, title documents, or registered instruments
• 7/12 extracts, 8-A, mutation entries, or other revenue records
• notices, summons, orders, or court papers
• family settlement, will, or succession documents
• bank or mortgage documentation
• any evidence, admission, or account of a live or contemplated dispute
• anything you would not want the other side to read

In your first message, tell us only:

• who you are and how to reach you
• the broad nature of the matter — for example, "a boundary dispute over agricultural land in Rajkot district", or "a mutation entry not being carried out"
• roughly when it arose, and whether anything is time-sensitive

That is enough for us to run a conflict check and tell you whether we can meet. Nothing more should be sent until we do.

4. Once you are a client

When we are formally engaged, everything changes. From that point:

• Your matter is confidential, and privilege applies.
• We are bound by the professional obligations owed by an advocate under the Advocates Act, 1961 and the Bar Council of India Rules, including the duty not to disclose your communications.
• Your file is kept in confidence and is disclosed only with your instructions, or where disclosure is compelled by law or by a court.
• Confidentiality continues after your matter concludes and after the engagement ends.

The limited exceptions are those recognised in law — for example, where disclosure is required by a court or a statutory authority, or where a communication is made in furtherance of an illegal purpose.

5. Time limits

We are not watching your clock, and this Website is not a way to stop it.

Limitation periods, appeal windows, and statutory notice periods under revenue law, RERA, and civil law are strict, and rights are permanently lost when they expire. Sending us an enquiry does not preserve any right, does not stop any clock, and does not guarantee a response.

If your matter is time-sensitive, call +91 94097 28336 immediately, or consult another advocate at once. Do not wait for a reply to a web enquiry.

6. We may decline

We are under no obligation to accept any matter, and we may decline without giving a reason — including because of a conflict, our workload, or the nature of the matter. A decision to decline is not legal advice about the merits of your case, and you should not read anything into it.

7. Case studies and confidentiality

The Case Studies published on this Website do not identify any client. Names, party details and identifying particulars have been withheld or altered. Where a matter forms part of the public record, only publicly available details are referred to, and identifying and sensitive particulars are still withheld.

8. Contact

Adv. Darshit Bhanderi DKB Advocates 103, Krishna Complex, Nr. Balaji Hall, 150 ft Ring Road, Rajkot – 360004, Gujarat, India Email: dkbadvocates@gmail.com | Phone: +91 94097 28336

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