E-Law Solutions

A
Project Report
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the
Requirements for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
in
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
With
LLB (specialization in Cyber Laws)
by

Name Roll No.

Ashutosh Verma R120213009
Harsh Chhokar R120213012
Shubham Choradia R120213024
Aashi Gupta R120213030

under the guidance of

Mr. Alok Jhaldiyal

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Centre for Information Technology
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
Bidholi, Via Prem Nagar, Dehradun, UK
2016

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 CANDIDATES DECLARATION

We hereby certify that the project work entitled E-Law Solutions in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the Degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY in
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING with LLB (hons.) specialization in CYBER
LAWS and submitted to the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Center for
Information Technology, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, is an authentic
record of our work carried out during a period from August, 2016 to December, 2016 under the
supervision of Mr. Alok Jhaldiyal, CIT.

The matter presented in this project has not been submitted by me/ us for the award of any
other degree of this or any other University.

Ashutosh Verma R120213009

Harsh Chhokar R120212012
Shubham Choradia R120213024
Aashi Gupta R120213030

This is to certify that the above statement made by the candidate is correct to the best
of my knowledge.

Date: 28th November 2016 Alok Jhaldiyal

Project Guide

Dr. Ajay Prasad

Program Head B. Tech CS + LLB ( Hons.) with specialization in Cyber Laws
Center for Information Technology
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
Dehradun 248 001 (Uttarakhand)

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We wish to express our deep gratitude to our guide Mr Alok Jhaldiyal, for all advice,
encouragement and constant support he has given us throughout our project work. This work
would not have been possible without his support and valuable suggestions.

We sincerely thank to our respected Program Head of the Department, Dr. Ajay Prasad, for his
great support in doing our project in E-Law Solutions at CIT.

We are also grateful to Dr. Manish Prateek, Associate Dean and Dr. Kamal Bansal Dean
CoES, UPES, UPES for giving us the necessary facilities to carry out our project work
successfully.

We would like to thank all our friends for their help and constructive criticism during our project
work. Finally we have no words to express our sincere gratitude to our parents who have shown
us this world and for every support they have given us.

Name Ashutosh Verma Harsh Chhokar Shubham Aashi Gupta

Choradia

Roll no. R120213009 R120213012 R120213024 R120213030

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 ABSTRACT
In 2011 there were 1.3 million lawyers in India, revealed a RTI response by BCI to Delhi- based
advocate. 1.3 million is a small number considering the population and number of judicial persons
in India, every lawyer holds on 50 clients approximately. To manage these clients, their
paperwork, cases and every other duty is quiet troublesome task. Also law is a vast area and in
which case what knowledge is used is unknown, the time utilized in finding appropriate law is
considerably high.
E-law solution will be a web based easy-to-use application which will provide assistance to law
firm, lawyers and clients in managing cases. There is need of this type of solution because the
current scenario on lawyer desk is messy and is in a dire need for up gradation from managing the
cases and clients to research work. The lawyer client management software will serve the purpose
of managing the cases as well as it will consist of the Indian laws and trends, precedents, important
reforms. Lawyers, clients and general user of the website can get all the latest trend in the legal
world and also the laws currently prevailing in India. Firm can manage their lawyers and their
work under a single environment. A general user who is not a lawyer or client or does not do any
work can also find his firm of choice and read all the data available. This project aims to create a
database of all the current law in India and the data about the lawyers, firms, cases, clients,
procedure in law and other things and developing a mechanism where lawyer and client can
communicate and send messages or instruction to each other also lawyers able to manage the
witness and evidence information regarding the case.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

S.No. Contents Page No

1. Introduction 1
1.1. Project Motivation 1
1.2. Purpose 1
1.3. Objective 1
1.4. Scope 1
1.5. Methodology 2
1.6. Pert Chart 3
2. Requirement Analysis 4
2.1. Overall Description 4
2.2. Software Requirement 5
2.3. Hardware Requirement 5
2.4. UML Diagrams 6
2.4.1. Use Case Diagram 6
2.5. Database Design 7
2.5.1. ER Diagram 7
2.5.2. Data Flow Diagram 8
3. Design 10
3.1. Front End 10
3.1.1. Home Screen 10
3.1.2. Lawyer Portal 10
3.1.3. Client Portal 11
4. Implementation 11
5. Output screens 15
5.1. Login 15
5.2. Client List and Detail 16

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 5.3. Cases 17
5.4. Case Detail 18
5.5. Evidence 18
5.6. Hearings 19
5.7. Message to Client 20
5.8. Message to Lawyer 20
6. Limitations and Future Enhancements 21
7. Conclusion 21
References 22

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 LIST OF FIGURES

S.No. Figure Page No

1. Chapter 1
Fig. 1.1 Methodology 2
Fig 1.2 Pert Chart 3

2. Chapter 2
Fig. 2.1 Use case Diagram 6
Fig. 2.2 ER Diagram 7
Fig. 2.3 DFD Level 0 8
Fig 2.54DFD Level 1 9

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 LIST OF TABLES

S.No. Table Page No

1. Chapter 2
Table 2.1 Hardware Requirement 5
Table 2.2 Software Requirement 5

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 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Project Motivation

In todays world where digitalization is an upgrading factor, every piece of information is now
digital. In this scenario Indian lawyers are still dependent upon their paper work. Each and every
lawyer handles approximately 50 clients, managing all of them is a quiet troublesome task. E-law
solution is a web based application that will provide assistance to lawyers and clients in managing
cases. There is need of this type of solution because the current scenario on lawyers desk is messy
and is in a dire need for upgrade from managing the cases and clients to research work.
The motivation of this project is to develop a platform for lawyers and clients to access/modify
the records of the case and communicate with each other regarding the case.

1.2 Purpose
To create a platform to provide lawyers the advantage to get organized with clients, calendars,
cases, time tracking.

1.3 Objective
To create the website having the lawyer client management functionality, communication panel,
database for all the acts and laws passed by the government of India and the general information
required by the legal professionals.

1.4 Scope
E-Law solution can be used by any advocate which has computer system infrastructure to run the
application for managing their records, cases and for an easy way of communication with the
clients. The client who can see the details and background of his case along with communicating
with his lawyer.

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1.6 Methodology

The E-law Solutions will be created in four phases:

Phase 1:- Identify

Research Study about the issues in the current legal environment and finding the solution to
make the work easier.
Feasibility Study Checking whether the solutions found in research are practically possible to
implement or not, if not then customizing the solution.
Project Planning After feasibility study, deciding the tools and technology used to develop the
solution and the course in which the website will be developed.

Phase 2:- Design

Database Design Designing the schema of the database of all the required data to be used in the
website.
Algorithms Designing the algorithms of the concepts like communication, extraction of data,
notification etc.

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 Front End Design Designing the graphic user interface of the website, its forms and all other
parts.
Phase 3:- Develop
Coding Developing and coding each and every module of the project.
Unit Testing Testing all the module individually and independently.

Phase 4:- Testing

Functional Testing Testing the specific action and function of the particular component.
Integration Testing Individual modules are combined and tested as a group, testing the whole
project.

1.7 PERT Chart

Start
25th Identify Design Develop Testing
Aug 25th Aug 10th Sept 11th Sept 30th Sept 1st Oct 25th Nov 25th Nov 27th
Nov

End
27th
Nov

Fig 1.2

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 2. REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS

2.1 Overall Description

A law firm management software makes it easier for lawyer to concentrate on practicing law
instead of time consuming task. It also makes it easier for client to know the status of their case
by constant update by the lawyers staff. Easy access to case files, legal material, case laws,
various acts and laws by government, jurisdictions, rule, calendar of court. Both lawyers and
clients can set notification about the meeting, hearing or any other thing they want to with an
option to share with your lawyer or client. This also allows you to create, share and store an
unlimited number of documents. All the important details about the case like facts, relevant law,
witnesses, statements, evidences and journal of the case in organized and easily accessible manner.
Messages can be sent to entire staff or all clients with ease in secured way. Client communication
with real time notification every time a document is uploaded or a message is sent. E-law solution
is a knowledge and management hub for any user, firm, lawyer or a client.
There are four different type of users who can use E-Law Solution
1. The Lawyer
The lawyer can manage the cases he is working on, also see the details about his previous
cases. He can communicate to the client in the application itself and set the notification for
the deadline or the upcoming hearing. The lawyer can manage the logs of his case. The
lawyer will also have the access to all the judicial acts, precedents, judgments, newsletter,
journal, court detail like their address and calendar.
2. The Client
The client can view the details of the case for which he is under trial. The client can respond
to the message from his lawyer as well as can ask the queries to his lawyer. Client can
upload the document requested by his lawyer, see the status of his case and set the
notification for upcoming hearings. The client will also have the access to all the judicial
acts, precedents, judgments, newsletter, journal, court detail like their address and
calendar.

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2.2 Software Requirement

NetBeans IDE 8.0.2

MySQL Workbench 6.3.7, MySQL

Server, Apache Tomcat Server 8

Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10

Table 2.1

2.3 Hardware Requirement

Intel Core i3, 2.40 GHz, 256 GB HDD

RAM : 1 GB Minimum
2 GB Minimum Free Space on Drive

Table 2.2

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2.4 UML Diagrams

2.4.1 Use case Diagram

Fig 2.1

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2.5 Database Design

2.5.1 ER Diagram

Fig 2.2

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2.5.2 Data Flow Diagram
DFD Level 0

Fig 2.3

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DFD Level 1

Fig 2.4

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 3.Design
3.1 Front End

Home Screen

Lawyer Portal

Client Portal

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 4 Implementation
Login (HTML)

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Login (Java)

Login (JSP)

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Home Page

Client List

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Client Detail

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 5 Output Screen

Login

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Client

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Cases

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Case Detail

Evidence

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Hearings

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Message to client

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 6 Limitations and Future Enhancements
Limitations
E-Law solution is a web based application, if any person fails to connect to internet he may not
get the details about his case. He will only receive knowledge after accessing the portal. The
other limitations are:
The lawyer cannot set the appointment and meeting time with the client.
The lawyer cannot maintain and calculate his billing hours and fees.

Future Enhancements
Offline access to the data and SMS service available to both lawyer and client.
Appointment setting and billing functionality for lawyers.
Implementing the modules for two more uses: General user and Firm Manager.

7 Conclusion
The lawyers are in dire need of up-gradation in their work environment. E-Law Solution
provides the lawyer with all-in-one managing capability in one system. The lawyer can manage
their cases and clients along with various other functions which makes work easier. ELS also
makes it easier for clients to get along with the lawyer and discuss the case thoroughly with the
lawyer and supervise all his activity.

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References

1. Legal Practice Management Software Solution Review, Queensland Law Society,

Available at https://www.qls.com.au/files/dd70d07e.../110601-legal-practice-software-
guide.pdf
2. Choosing legal practice management software for your law firm, Thompson Reuters,
Available at http://insight.thomsonreuters.com.au/choosing-legal-practice-management-
software-law-firm/
3. Law Firm Management Software Lawyers Love, Available at
http://www.mycase.com/features
4. Top Law Practice Management Software Products, Available at
http://www.capterra.com/law-practice-management-software/

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