Forum Guidelines

The Jurisly Forum is a place for people to ask legal questions and for lawyers and others to share general knowledge. These Guidelines form part of our Terms of Service. They are also the rules and user agreement the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 require us to publish.

1. Forum posts are not legal advice

Answers on the Forum are general information. They are not legal advice and do not create a lawyer-client relationship. Every situation is different. Before acting on anything you read here, consult a lawyer about your own facts.

2. Who posts

You must be signed in to post. Each account may start one new topic a day. Your role, lawyer or client, is shown from your account and cannot be chosen freely. OmniMorph and its team also publish questions and answers on the Forum.

3. Posting anonymously

You can post anonymously. Other users will not see your name, but OmniMorph keeps the link between the post and your account, and may disclose it where the law requires, for example under a court order.

4. Protect confidential information

Do not post anything that could identify a client, a party to a case, or the facts of a confidential matter, and do not post anyone's personal details without their permission. If you are a lawyer, remember your duty of confidentiality to your clients.

5. Lawyers: no solicitation

The Bar Council of India Rules do not allow advocates to solicit work or advertise. Do not use the Forum to advertise your services, invite people to contact you for work, or quote fees.

6. Content that is not allowed

You must not post, upload, share or store content that:

1. belongs to another person and that you have no right to post;
2. is obscene, pornographic or paedophilic, invades another person's privacy (including bodily privacy), insults or harasses anyone on the basis of gender, is racially or ethnically objectionable, relates to or encourages money laundering or gambling, or promotes enmity between groups on the grounds of religion or caste with the intent to incite violence;
3. is harmful to children;
4. infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary right;
5. deceives or misleads anyone about where a message came from, or knowingly and intentionally communicates misinformation or information that is patently false or misleading;
6. impersonates another person;
7. threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, its friendly relations with other countries, or public order; incites the commission of any cognisable offence; prevents the investigation of any offence; or insults another nation;
8. contains a virus or any other code, file or program designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functioning of any computer resource;
9. is an online game, or an advertisement for an online game or gaming intermediary, that is not permitted under Indian law; or
10. breaks any law in force.

Also do not harass other users, post spam or repeated content, or post links designed to mislead.

7. Votes, flags and moderation

You can vote on posts and flag posts you believe break these Guidelines. When a post receives enough flags it is removed automatically. We may also remove or restrict any content, and suspend or close Forum access, if content breaks these Guidelines or the law. We act on court orders and notices from government authorities within the time the law requires.

If you repeatedly break these Guidelines, we may close your account.

8. Complaints

If you believe content on the Forum breaks these Guidelines or the law, or concerns you, flag it in the app or write to our Grievance Officer:

Megha Ojha, Director and Grievance Officer, OmniMorph Private Limited Email: ojhamegha5@omnimorph.org WhatsApp: +91 70291 55079

We acknowledge complaints within 24 hours and resolve them within 15 days. Content that exposes a person's private areas, shows them in sexual acts or impersonates them in a sexual manner is removed within 24 hours of a complaint.

9. Changes

We may update these Guidelines. We will tell users of material changes in the app, and remind all users of these rules at least once a year.