R Ramamoorthy & Vathsala Ramamoorthy

I had asked my son for a lawyer reference for preparing our WILL and he had refered me to Ms.Vidya of Legal Aid trust. My wife and i had met her once for a detailed discussion and the rest of the process was through mails and calls. once the draft was finalized, we went to the registrar office for registration and whole process was smooth. we were very happy with the overall experience. What i liked is her attention to detail, patience and thorough professionalism. we wish vidhya and Legal Aid Trust all the very best.

R Venugopal

I know Vidya for more than a decade now. Had reached out to her on a family related dispute. She had helped in drafting the queries and later on interacted with the other side legal counsel. What is liked in the whole experience is the final discussion in which she explained the Pros and Cons of taking it up legally. More than the cost, she explained on the family tie strains, time required to travel for hearing, mental and physical strain. This helped us as a family to take an informed decission. I am not sure if any other lawyer will give such an unbiased advice. To the point, meticulous and profession were Hallmarks of my interaction wishing vidya and Legal Aid trust all success in their future endeavour.

Kusuma Renganathan

I work with a Public Service Undertaking in Bangalore. I was undergoing some family related issues in the year 2017. I was referred to Vidya ma’am of Legal Aid Trust. I remember meeting her at her residence in the evening with my mother and child. My child was then 3 years old. Vidya Ma’am was the second advocate I was meeting to initiate a family court proceedings. When I met her, she gave adequate time and listened to me and my mother very patiently. After that she asked me a question… would you like to go back and live with your husband. To this I answered that my husband is a good man but he is easily influenced by his larger family and then he resorts to domestic violence. As it was un bearable and due to the interference of my husband’s family I had gone back to my paternal home. I told madam that I don’t mind going back to my husband if he mends his ways. She took my husband’s number from me and within the next weekend she had spoken to my husband over phone and organised a face to face meeting with him and his parents along with me and my parents. She spoke so well. She convinced both the families to allow my husband, myself and my child to live separately. She said it was easy to take divorce and part ways, but let that be the last option. Since marriage we were staying in a joint family of my husband, while I grew up as the only child to my parents and we were a nuclear family. When we started to stay separately, we started to understand each other and the family life became very smooth. Thanks to the timely advice and intervention by Vidya ma’am, my marriage was saved and we now have our second child. We today live happily thanks to Vidya ma’am and Legal Aid Trust. Today when most lawyers initiate divorce proceedings and charge a huge fees, ma’am and the trust stands out. They are a boon to humanity.

Md. Riyaz

I was an director and shareholder of a Private Limited company that was into providing Security services across Karnataka. Some problems had come up between the shareholders of the company and we were in the lookout for a good lawyer who could give us the legal advice to the issue on hand. I was referred to Legal Aid Trust by a family friend. We (the three directors of the company) took an appointment withMs.VidyaSelvamonyof Legal Aid Trust and met her at their office. All three of us (Directors of the company) were very comfortable talking to her. She was very polite and gave us a good hearing. She then listed out the options that are available to us, and asked us to think about the options and come back for a meeting after few days. In our second meeting I (holding 1/3rd of the shares) expressed my decision to exit the company and the other two shareholders would continue with the company. There were number of issues that had to be sorted out, including the valuation of the company, RoC related compliances including filings etc. Ms.Vidya had organised a neutral Charted Accountant Firm who audited the books of accounts. The fair market value of the company was drawn up. A practicing Company secretary was brought in to ensure all filings and paper work related to the transactions were carried out, including amendment to the Memorandum and Articles of Association What impressed me the most, is that she was transparent at every stage, all shareholders (directors) could communicate things openly through her. I felt I got a fair deal in valuation and all compliances were sorted out in a way that it would not haunt me later. I was really happy with the quality of service, the professional approach, transparency and maturity she had shown in the resolving the issue and the contacts she had brought on table (CA & CS) were equally professional and transparent. The best thing is that my friendship with the directors of that company continue, thanks to the way she managed the situation. Now I understand that she continues to be the legal advisor of that company, which is very good. I have been recommending her in my circles and never got to hear anything negative about her from anyone who has availed her services.

Mantra Infotech

We are a software development company established in 2016 at Bangalore. While we had started operations, we were entering into our first contract with a large company and we had decided to get the “Software Service Agreement” issued by the client to be vetted by a professional lawyer. A friend of mine from Madurai referred us to Legal Aid Trust. On hearing that the organisation is a Trust and they are into providing legal services, we thought it would be economical to go with them. We had a round of discussion over phone and explained to them our requirement. We then asked them for an appointment to meet them. They gave the address of their office and when I said it was at the other end of Bangalore, they suggested that we share an editable version of the document over e-mail. We went back to the client and got the editable version of the document stating it was required by our legal team. Within three working days they gave us their suggestions in track change mode, which we thought would not be accepted by our client. However; most of the points were accepted by our client and some of the changes and corrections made by Legal Aid Trust was complimented by our client. Post this, there were few points related to penalties, NDA and Indemnity which were continuing to be a gap, at this juncture, Legal Aid Trust took it on themselves and got into a call with the client’s legal team with us also being on the line. We could see the ease and professionalism with which they handled the situation and they were able to negotiate with our clients on almost all the gaps and got us a favourable deal. Since then we are associated with Legal Aid Trust, we consult them for HR related issue, Vendor and Client Agreements and they are also on the Internal Complaints Committee (POSH) of our company. The fees charged by them is very reasonable and the serve quality stand out. We continue to engage with them and we consider them our strength on the legal front.

Aravind

We are an Insurance Company. We had appointed Ms.VidyaSelvamony as an advocate to represent our cases in the consumer forum. As an initial engagement, we had given her five files to represent us. We found that she was dedicated and very professional in her approach to each case. She was very well prepared for every hearing and she represented our case very well. We could get 4 out of the five cases in our favour, which not only increased by success rate but impressed our organisation. She is also appointed as the external member of our Internal Complaints Committee. Evaluating her performance and the success rate on the cases managed by her for our company, the management has extended her association with the company and she is today one of the advocates with whom we trust our most complicated and demanding cases. She has very good negotiation skills and is very good with question of law. I have been a brand ambassador of hers, I recommend her service to anyone who seeks my opinion or advice with regards any legal issues.

Arundhati Bannerjee

I had invested in a low cost housing project at Horamavu in Bangalore. The builder was not giving us the passion of the building even after repeated commitment dates and the work at the site had almost come to a stop. The builder had initially quoted a price of Rs. 16 lakhs for a two bedroom house. Then when the clients were upset about the non-completion of the project, the builder had demanded another 4 lakhs to complete the project. A number of customers including me decided to file a case in the consumer forum, it is at this point that I met Ms.VidyaSelvamony of Legal Aid Trust. She had agreed to represent us for a reasonable legal fees. I was diagnosed with Cancer while the legal battle was going on. The District commission gave the verdict in my favour, thanks to Vidya and Legal Aid trust. I had asked for the refund of my money with interest and the court had in its order asked the builder to refund my money with 18% interest. The builder then went on an appeal against the district court order at the State Commission. There too the order was in my favour. Legal Aid Trust represented me there and they had not charged any fees for this on a humanitarian ground that they had understood that I am a single women and I had put in my life’s savings into purchasing of this house. They were fully aware of the money I was spending on my treatment. On this ground they refused to take any fees from me. With their intervention the principle amount I had paid the builder was refunded to me. I must tell that Legal Aid Trust was following up with the builder and involved the police etc to get my refund. I will admit here that they were very sincere to the work that they had undertaken. Today the builder has gone on an appeal to the National Commission and they are yet to pay me the interest component. I was very relieved when I got back my principle amount. Though they are not representing me at the National Commission, they help me with all the required paper work andn other related information. I wish them all the very best and I am happy that there is an organisation like this, who can be relied upon by simple people like me, who have no voice against large companies like this builder who has political and financial might.