Every genuine advocate is enrolled with a State Bar Council. Check any lawyer's enrolment on the official portal for their state — free, no signup needed.
Every advocate has a unique Bar Council enrolment (Sanad) number, e.g. D/1234/2015. It's on their enrolment certificate and Bar Council ID card.
Advocates enrol with the Bar Council of the state where they registered — usually where they primarily practise.
Use the button below for that state. It opens the Bar Council's own verification tool — search by enrolment number or name.
These buttons open each State Bar Council's own official verification tool in a new tab. Lex Now is not affiliated with any Bar Council — we simply point you to the right official source.
We link only to portals we've confirmed are official. For these states, contact the State Bar Council office directly for now — verified links are on the way.
Under the Advocates Act, 1961, only advocates enrolled with a State Bar Council can practise law in India. Unfortunately, cases of fake lawyers — people practising with forged degrees or no enrolment at all — surface regularly. A two-minute enrolment check protects you before you share case details or pay a consultation fee.
On Lex Now, every advocate registers with their Bar Council enrolment number, and the blue verified badge means our team has reviewed their enrolment against official records. It's the same check described on this page — done for you, before you ever book.
Every practising advocate in India must be enrolled with a State Bar Council under the Advocates Act, 1961, and holds a unique enrolment (Sanad) number. Ask the advocate for their enrolment number, then confirm it on their State Bar Council's official verification portal — you can find the right portal for each state on this page.
It is a unique registration number issued when an advocate is admitted to a State Bar Council's roll — usually in a format like D/1234/2015 (Delhi) or P/1234/2018 (Punjab & Haryana), where the last part is the enrolment year. It appears on the advocate's enrolment certificate and Bar Council ID card.
Not finding a name doesn't always mean the advocate is fake — some state portals are incomplete, use phonetic name matching, or lag behind recent enrolments. Try searching by enrolment number instead of name, check the neighbouring joint Bar Council if applicable, or contact the State Bar Council office directly.
Advocates on Lex Now register with their Bar Council enrolment number, and profiles marked with the blue verified badge have had their enrolment details reviewed by our team against official Bar Council records before the badge is granted.
Every verified advocate on Lex Now has already had their Bar Council enrolment reviewed. Browse profiles, compare fees, and book — with verification built in.
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