Terms & Conditions

These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) form an agreement between MECGURA Digital Growth Studio (“MECGURA”, “we”, “us”) and the advocate, law firm or organisation that subscribes to the MECGURA Advocate Platform (“Subscriber”, “you”). By creating an account, signing in or using the Platform, you accept these Terms, our Privacy Policy and our Security practices.

If you accept these Terms for a firm, you confirm that you are authorised to bind that firm.

The Platform is software provided as a service. Depending on your plan it may include a professional website, online appointments, a CRM, client and case management, email and WhatsApp notifications, a Legal Library, and legal document drafting tools. The modules available to you are those in your plan or enabled for your account.

MECGURA is a technology provider, not a law firm. We do not give legal advice, and nothing on the Platform creates an advocate–client relationship between MECGURA and anyone.

• Accounts are for enrolled advocates, law firms and their authorised staff. You confirm that the professional details you provide are true.
• You are responsible for everyone you give access to, and for everything done using your account’s logins.
• Keep passwords confidential, use a strong password, and tell us immediately at support@mecgura.tech if you suspect unauthorised access.
• We may ask for proof of enrolment or identity before activating or continuing an account.

• Fees, billing cycles, trial periods and included modules are as shown in your plan or in the quotation you accepted. Fees are exclusive of GST and other applicable taxes unless stated otherwise.
• Subscriptions renew for the same period unless cancelled before the renewal date.
• If payment is not received by the due date, the account may enter a grace period and may then be restricted or suspended until payment is made. Your data is not deleted because of a late payment during the retention period described in the Privacy Policy.
• Fees already paid are not refundable for a partly used period, unless we agree otherwise in writing or the law requires a refund.
• We may change plan prices with at least 30 days’ notice; new prices apply from your next renewal.

• You are responsible for the content of your website and all material you publish. It must comply with the Advocates Act, 1961, the Bar Council of India Rules (including the restrictions on advertising and soliciting work) and any rules of your State Bar Council.
• The Platform shows a Bar Council disclaimer on advocate websites by default. If you switch it off, you do so at your own responsibility.
• Do not publish testimonials, success-rate claims, rankings or other content that your professional rules do not allow.
• You remain solely responsible for your legal advice, filings, documents, deadlines and hearing dates. Reminders and calendar features are aids only.

You own the data you enter about your clients and matters. For that data you are the data fiduciary and MECGURA acts as your data processor. You are responsible for:

• having a lawful basis (such as consent) to collect and store each person’s data, and giving them any notice the law requires;
• maintaining client confidentiality and professional privilege in how you and your staff use the Platform;
• answering your clients’ requests to access, correct or delete their data (we will help you do this).

You give MECGURA permission to store, process and transmit this data only as needed to provide the Platform to you, to keep it secure, and as the law requires. We will not use it for any other purpose.

• Legal Library content (acts, sections, judgments, rules and updates) is provided for reference. Each item shows its source and whether it has been verified. Always confirm the current text from the official source before relying on it.
• Document templates are drafting aids. Templates marked “Drafting sample” are not official or court-prescribed forms. A template is marked “Verified format” only after it has been checked against the official source named on it.
• Documents generated by this platform should be reviewed and verified by a qualified legal professional before filing, execution or submission.
• MECGURA is not responsible for the legal correctness, sufficiency or outcome of any document or content you create, file or send using the Platform.

You must not, and must not allow anyone else to:

• use the Platform for anything unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory or in breach of professional rules;
• send spam or unsolicited messages by email or WhatsApp, or message people who have not agreed to receive messages;
• upload malware, or content you do not have the right to use;
• try to access another subscriber’s data, test or bypass security without our written permission, or overload the Platform;
• copy, resell, reverse-engineer or scrape the Platform or the Legal Library, except as the law expressly allows.

We may remove content or suspend access that breaks these rules, and will tell you why unless the law prevents us.

Some features depend on third-party services — for example Google Calendar, email delivery and the WhatsApp messaging provider, and domain registrars for custom domains. Your use of those services is also subject to their terms. We are not responsible for outages or changes made by third parties, but we will work to limit their effect on you.

• Your website is available on a MECGURA address and, if your plan includes it, on your own domain.
• You own and pay for your own domain, and are responsible for keeping its registration and DNS settings correct.
• The website design, layout and software remain MECGURA’s property; you may use them while your subscription is active.

We work to keep the Platform available and secure, and we carry out maintenance with advance notice where we can. We do not promise uninterrupted or error-free service unless a separate written service-level agreement says so. Support is available through support@mecgura.tech.

MECGURA owns the Platform, its software, designs, templates and branding. You own your content and data. You grant us a limited licence to host and display your content only to provide the Platform. Feedback you give us may be used to improve the Platform without any obligation to you.

• You may cancel at any time; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period.
• We may suspend or terminate an account for serious or repeated breach of these Terms, non-payment, or where the law requires it.
• After termination you can request an export of your data. Data is then deleted as described in the Privacy Policy.

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

• MECGURA is not liable for indirect or consequential losses, including loss of profit, clients, cases, reputation or data caused by events outside our reasonable control;
• MECGURA’s total liability arising out of or relating to the Platform is limited to the fees you paid to MECGURA in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under Indian law.

You agree to compensate MECGURA for claims, penalties and reasonable costs arising from your content, your use of client data without a lawful basis, your breach of professional rules, or your breach of these Terms.

These Terms are governed by the laws of India. We will first try to resolve any dispute through good-faith discussion. If it cannot be resolved within 30 days, it will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts at the place of MECGURA’s registered office.

We may update these Terms. We will notify subscribers of important changes at least 15 days before they take effect. Continuing to use the Platform after that means you accept the updated Terms.