The Firm
Civil Law Firm has been in continuous civil practice since 1969, from chambers at 121/B Sitaram Ghosh Street, Kolkata 700009.
Since 1969
The chambers was established in 1969 and has worked on the civil side of the law ever since. That is a long enough run that the firm has seen the same categories of dispute — a boundary wall, a disputed will, a tenancy that outlived the tenant, a contract that was never reduced to writing — return in every decade, in slightly different clothes.
Two advocates practise here. Bimlesh Kumar Jain, B.A. LL.B., has been in practice for over fifty years. Aditya Kumar Jain, B.A. LL.B., has been in practice for over ten years and works with a team of associates. Between them they carry the drafting, the conferences and the court appearances; the associates carry the searches, the inspections and the paperwork that civil litigation generates.
The neighbourhood
Sitaram Ghosh Street sits in the College Street quarter of north Kolkata — the part of the city where the courts, the record rooms, the stamp vendors, the typists and a good many chambers have always been within walking distance of one another. It is an ordinary practical advantage: papers can be searched, certified and filed the same day.
Advocates of the firm appear in all courts in Kolkata, and travel elsewhere in India for key matters. Clients who live outside West Bengal — including families settled abroad whose property or succession matter is here — are attended to by telephone and by email, with papers exchanged in advance of any hearing they need to attend.
How the chambers works
A first conversation is usually short and is about papers: what document created the right you are asserting, who else claims under it, what has already been filed, and what the last order on record says. Civil matters turn on documents far more often than on argument, and an early look at the documents is the quickest way to tell you where you stand.
The chambers is open from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Monday to Sunday. Telephone during those hours, or send a message and the chambers will tell you which papers to bring.
This website is informational. It sets out what the firm does and what the seven areas of civil law it works in actually cover. It does not offer legal advice, make any claim about the outcome of any matter, or invite you to engage the firm — see the Disclaimer.