Service 08 of 12 — Vakilsaheeba

A lawyer, free — for exactly the matters that keep you up at night

Vakilsaheeba is the Forum's free legal aid service, staffed by women advocates. Maintenance, custody, divorce, property and succession, domestic violence protection orders, wages unpaid, a notice you've received, a hearing coming up — you tell us what it is, and we get you to the right person.

What we handle

Maintenance, custody and divorce · property and succession · domestic violence protection orders · unpaid wages · a legal notice or an upcoming hearing.

How fast

A first consultation is booked within 72 hours — the same day if a hearing or a statutory deadline falls within the next seven days.

Harassment at work

If your workplace has no Internal Committee, or won't act on your complaint, our Anti-Trafficking & POSH desk takes it to the Local Committee for you.

Rights orientation

Before Second Innings Stream 3 opens to anyone, Vakilsaheeba first walks her through what a second marriage does and does not change legally.

Why you won't see individual advocates promoted here: under the Advocates Act, a lawyer may not solicit work, and how legal services are advertised is tightly constrained. So this page describes the Forum's legal aid service, not any one advocate's practice — no advocate's photograph, credentials or contact details are published as a promotional device. Every approach routes through the Forum's legal desk, which is also simply safer: it means your matter is never resting on one person's availability.