Can a lawyer or CA in Ghaziabad advertise services on a website?
Only within fairly strict limits, and this is worth understanding before building anything. The Bar Council of India's rules prohibit advocates from advertising or soliciting work directly or indirectly, and case law has extended that restriction to websites, meaning a lawyer's site should present factual information such as name, contact details, areas of practice and qualifications, rather than promotional claims, client testimonials or comparisons with other advocates. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India applies a similar restriction to its members, permitting a website but restricting its content and how it may be shared or promoted. In practice this means we build informational sites for CA and legal clients: clear, factual, professional, and reachable, without the promotional tone a restaurant or retail site might use. It is a genuinely useful website, just a different kind of useful, and getting it wrong risks a professional conduct complaint against you personally.
What can a CA or law firm website include if promotional content is restricted?
More than most firms assume, once you separate information from promotion. A firm name, office address and contact details, the specific areas of practice or accounting services offered, the qualifications and enrolment details of the partners, and a plain description of how to get in touch or how an engagement typically begins are all standard and permitted content. What is restricted is language that reads as touting for business: superlative claims, comparisons with competitors, client names or testimonials presented as endorsements, and specific fee advertising in most cases. Photographs of the office and a short, factual note on the firm's history are usually fine too, since neither one solicits business on its own. A well-built site in this space tends to look understated rather than persuasive, and for CAs and advocates that restraint is not a compromise, it is closer to what a serious potential client expects to see from a regulated professional in the first place.