Empanelment enquiry

Join the Vakilkaro ODR panel

For advocates, retired judges and subject-matter experts who want to hear cases online, and for banks, NBFCs and MFIs who want to file them. No fee to apply and none to be empanelled.

Your documents are stored privately and every staff view is recorded.
If anything is missing we email you rather than decline it.
Decided in two to three working days.

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Questions? panel@vakilkaro.com or +91 1141-000000

1 About you Contact and mobile verification

2 Your details Credentials and address

3 Documents Upload and declare

Who is applying

The rest of the form changes to match.

A lender Bank, NBFC, MFI or fintech A neutral Mediator, conciliator or arbitrator

Full name *

Email address * Every update about this application goes here.

Mobile number *

+91

This becomes how you sign in once you are approved, so use a number you keep.

What you are applying for

The final decision is the administrator's — you may be empanelled for one role, the other, or both.

Arbitrator You hear both sides and pass a binding award. Minimum 7 years of practice. Mediator or conciliator You help both sides reach their own settlement. Minimum 0 years of practice.

Enrolment and certification

Bar Council enrolment number *

State Bar Council *

Year of enrolment *

Years of practice *

Qualifications

Pick as many as apply, or type your own.

Practice and payment

Areas of specialisation

This is what cases are matched against, so be specific.

Languages

A hearing runs in the language both parties are comfortable in.

PAN *

Bank details for your fees

Optional now — you can add them before your first payout. If you do fill them in, all three are needed: a half-filled set cannot be paid to.

Account holder name A transfer is rejected if this does not match the bank's record.

Account number

IFSC The bank and branch fill in themselves.

Bank

Branch

Account type

About your practice

Your organisation

We check these against the RBI register and the MCA.

Organisation type *

RBI registration number *

CIN * The state, year and company type fill in from this.

Incorporated

Company type

Company PAN *

GST number

Branches

Cases you expect a month

Authorised signatory *

States you operate in

Cases are allocated to neutrals who can hear them where you lend.

Office address

Used for case allocation and on any notice we issue.

Address *

Pincode * City and state fill in themselves.

City *

State *

Documents

PDF or image (JPG, PNG), up to 5 MB each. Each one is checked on its own, so a query on one does not hold up the rest.

Certificate of Incorporation (COI) Issued by the Registrar of Companies Required Choose Memorandum of Association (MOA) The object clause is what we check Required Choose Articles of Association (AOA) No file chosen Required Choose Company PAN card In the company name, not a director's Required Choose Board Resolution (BR) Naming the person authorised to act on the platform Required Choose GST registration certificate No file chosen Required Choose RBI registration certificate If you are an NBFC, NBFC-MFI or HFC Optional Choose Cancelled cheque For settlement payouts Optional Choose

Bar Council enrolment certificate The full page, showing the enrolment number and the seal Required Choose Aadhaar card — front The side with your photograph Required Choose Aadhaar card — back The side with your address Required Choose PAN card Needed before any fee can be paid to you Required Choose Passport-size photograph Appears on your panel profile Required Choose CV or profile note What a lender reads before accepting you Required Choose Mediation or arbitration certificate If you hold one Optional Choose Specimen signature On plain paper, signed as you would sign an award Required Choose

Check and submit

Read the declaration before you tick it.

Your documents are stored privately. They are never served by a guessable URL, and every time a staff member opens one it is recorded against their name.