Legal Salah is an innovative platform that took its first steps towards transforming the legal and taxation landscape in India on 26th November 2015. Founded by Subh Jha, Abhinit Singh, Sujit Jha, and Tausif Warsi, the company is headquartered in Kolkata, with operations extending to Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, and Patna.
Today, the founders of Legal Salah join us in this session of ConflatingVisions to share their inspiring story.
Hi, welcome to this interview session of conflatingVisions. To start with, we would like to know a few lines about the founders of Legal Salah.
The founders of Legal Salah are:
Subh Jha (CS, LLB): He is the CEO of the company.
Abhinit Singh (CA): He is the MD of the company.
Sujit Jha (Advocate): He is the COO of the company.
Tausif Warsi (CS): He is the Head of Compliance of the company.
When did you start working on Legal Salah? What was the motivation behind launching the company?
The idea of Legal Salah was seeded back in 2014 but came into operation on 26th November 2015. In India, there is a lag in transparent pricing of legal and taxation matters dealt with by various professionals. To bridge this gap, we started Legal Salah to provide a platform where all legal and taxation work can be done in a simple way and can be easily accessible to all individuals in India.
Please tell us about Legal Salah.
We provide one-stop solutions for all legal, tax, compliance and business loan to startups and SMEs under one roof without putting them into hassle. We also strive hard to provide free guidance to startups and SMEs while setting up their business.
In what ways are you different from other existing legal tech startups?
We have very transparent pricing for all our services. Legal Salah also has a prepaid service-based model.
How were the first 90 days of your journey?
This idea of Legal Salah did undergo lots of improvisation. We had our share of bumpy rides. We didn’t have any external funding. With each and every paisa coming from our own pockets and some physical infrastructures even from our own, it was difficult to sustain in the initial days. It was equally difficult to maintain faith in what we were doing. But with our group of young, inexperienced minds but zealous and passion-driven and achievers’ spirit, we continued to pursue our dream. We started with a 200 sq ft office with 4 people. Now we are a 15-member strong team and have a 2500 sq ft office space with 2500+ registered professionals on board. In the past two years, we have served more than 15000 clients all over India which includes some reputed brands like Sulekha, Fujifilm, etc.
How is the present scenario?
This market in India is close to 4.2 billion and the GST market in India is going to be more than 1 billion. Even with competitors like India filings and Vakilsearch, the market is still so huge that 10 more competitors can survive in the market.
Please share some of your success stories.
We started with a 200 sq ft office with 4 people. Now we are a 15-member strong team and have a 2500 sq ft office space with 2500+ registered professionals on board. We cater to 150+ cities in India with physical offices in Kolkata, Delhi, Patna, Jammu & Kashmir and Dhanbad. The key to success is persistence and patience for any startup. Short-term goals are equally important as long-term goals. Most importantly respect your team members because of them your company has a brand not because of any single individual.
What are your plans to scale up the growth of Legal Salah?
We have served more than 2500+ startups and SMEs. We are soon going to launch another Cloud-based tax portal for easy filing of income tax and other taxes.
Anything else you want to share?
Legal Salah is a self-sustainable business and not funded by any Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists.
And one last question of this session, if you have had one wish…
To see Legal Salah as the number 1 legal-tech service provider in India.
