Pure Consulting — 60 Minutes with an Experienced Advocate

When Consulting Is Right For You

Not every succession question needs a Will drafted from scratch. Sometimes what you need is one clean hour with a experienced advocate to test a decision, resolve a specific dispute, or map the correct sequence of steps — before you spend money and time on the wrong instrument. Pure Consulting is that hour.

It is the right service if you are in one of these situations:

• You are not sure whether a nomination or your Will is going to prevail. The Supreme Court's decisions in Sarbati Devi, Shakti Yezdani, Indrani Wahi, and Vishin N. Khanchandani have produced a nomination framework that looks simple on paper but is deeply asset-specific in practice. Insurance behaves one way, cooperative-housing shares behave another, listed-company shares behave a third. A structured 60-minute walk-through of your actual asset list will tell you where your existing nominations are silently overriding your Will and where they are not.
• You are running a blended-family situation. Second marriage, stepchildren, children from a first marriage, a spouse from a different personal-law regime — these are the cases where a template Will can do real damage. Consulting lets you map the succession consequences of each option (Will alone, Will plus family settlement, Will plus trust) before you commit to a drafting engagement.
• You have a business-succession question that is not yet ripe for a full engagement. "My Articles of Association mention transmission on death — do I need to change them before I write a Will?" "Can I bequeath my LLP interest, or does the LLP Agreement override my Will?" "What happens to my ESOPs if I die before vesting?" These are questions our advocates answer every week. A single consult can save you weeks of second-guessing.
• You are weighing a gift versus a Will. A gift is immediate, irrevocable, and taxable to the donee in some circumstances; a Will is deferred, revocable, and non-taxable. The right answer is almost always driven by tax residency, the age of the recipient, matrimonial exposure, and the character of the asset (self-acquired versus ancestral). Consulting is where that trade-off gets worked out on your actual facts, not a hypothetical.
• You have a Section 23 Senior Citizens Act question. Elderly parents who have transferred property to a child on the promise of care can revoke the transfer if the promise is broken, under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act. The mechanics matter — the tribunal, the evidence threshold, the interaction with a subsequent Will. This is a classic consulting-only matter.

If your situation is straightforward — you know you want a Will and you know roughly what should go into it — go straight to the Online Will (Rs. 5,000) or the Personalised Will (Rs. 25,000). Consulting is the right service specifically when you need strategy before you commit to a document.

What Happens on the Call

Pure Consulting is deliberately structured. The 60 minutes is not a free-form conversation; it is a working session with a clear agenda that our advocate confirms with you 24 hours before the call.

1. Pre-read (before the call, no extra charge). Once you book, you will receive a short intake questionnaire — five to seven pages describing your family situation, your asset schedule at a summary level, and your specific questions. You return it 48 hours before the call. Your advocate reads it before you meet.
2. Minutes 0-10 — Framing. Your advocate confirms the questions and re-orders them if any turn out to be dependent on another (e.g. the nomination question often has to be answered before the Will question).
3. Minutes 10-45 — Working through each question. One at a time, on your facts, with the applicable case law and statute cited plainly so you can follow along.
4. Minutes 45-55 — Recommended sequence of next steps. Even if the answer is "you now need a Will", we tell you the sequence, whether registration is worthwhile, and what documents to collect before the drafting engagement starts.
5. Minutes 55-60 — Open Q&A. Anything that surfaced during the session that you want to double-back on.
6. Within 48 hours after the call — Written follow-up. A two to three-page written summary from your advocate covering: the questions asked, the advice given, the case law and statute cited, and the recommended next steps. This document is privileged, confidential, and yours.
7. For 30 days after the call — Follow-up channel. A WhatsApp and email line to the same advocate for clarifying questions on the advice given. Not for new questions, but for making sure you understood what you were told.

How It's Different from Drafting

Pure Consulting is strategy, not documents. That is a deliberate line.

When we draft a Will, we are producing an executable legal instrument that has to hold up under Section 63 attestation, survive a probate challenge, and unambiguously distribute your estate. That takes drafting time — usually 8 to 12 hours of advocate work spread over five to ten days, which is why the Personalised Will engagement is priced at Rs. 25,000 and the NRI Will at Rs. 50,000.

When you engage us for consulting, you get the same experienced advocate's judgment applied to your questions, but you do not receive a drafted instrument. You receive:

• A structured 60-minute consultation.
• A written advice summary within 48 hours.
• Thirty days of follow-up access.

You do not receive a Will, a family settlement deed, a trust deed, or any other executable instrument. If your consultation ends with a decision to proceed to drafting, the Rs. 10,000 consulting fee is credited in full against a subsequent Personalised Will (Rs. 25,000), NRI Will (Rs. 50,000), or Succession Planning (Rs. 1,00,000) engagement started within 60 days. In other words, if the consult leads you to a drafting decision, it is effectively free.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is my consultation confidential?

Yes. Attorney-client privilege applies from the moment you engage us. Your intake questionnaire, the recording notes, and the written follow-up are covered by advocate privilege under the Advocates Act, 1961, and the Bar Council of India Rules.

Can I add family members to the call?

Yes, up to two additional participants (typically a spouse and one adult child). Please list them in the intake questionnaire so your advocate can extend privilege to them and set the correct meeting-room permissions.

What if 60 minutes is not enough?

If we get to minute 55 and there is clearly more work to do, your advocate will either propose a second 60-minute consultation at 50 percent off, or, more commonly, recommend converting the engagement to a Personalised Will or Succession Planning matter — in which case the Rs. 10,000 consulting fee credits against that engagement.

Do you consult on ongoing disputes and litigation?

We consult on the succession-law dimension of a dispute — for example, the correct classification of an heir, the effect of a nomination, or the merits of a caveat to probate. We do not appear in court through the Pure Consulting service. If the matter needs courtroom appearance, our advocates can either take it on separately or refer you to a specialist litigator.

How quickly can I book?

Once your payment is confirmed, we call you within 24 hours to schedule the consultation. Most consultations happen within 3-5 business days of booking; if you need a faster slot, mention it in the WhatsApp thread and we will try to accommodate.