Bar Council of India agrees to open up law practice in India to foreign lawyers, firms
1 year, 9 months ago

Bar Council of India agrees to open up law practice in India to foreign lawyers, firms

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The Bar Council of India has agreed to open up law practice in India to foreign lawyers, foreign law firms. The latest rules enable foreign lawyers & foreign law firms to practice diverse international law, international arbitration in India. In a notification, the Bar Council of India said, “Opening up of law practice in India to foreign lawyers in the field of practice of foreign law; diverse international legal issues in non-litigious matters and in international arbitration cases would go a long way in helping legal profession/domain grow in India to the benefit of lawyers in India too”. Bar Council of India was initially opposing entry of foreign lawyers and foreign law firms in India in any form.

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What the changing landscape of India’s legal job market means for law students
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What the changing landscape of India’s legal job market means for law students

The Hindu  

The legal profession in India has evolved significantly in the recent past. India’s growing digital network and acceptance of virtual technology have presented the legal profession with an opportunity to explore the possibilities thrown up by the entry of foreign legal practitioners. In 2022, the Bar Council of India introduced its Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and …

Rules for a new dawn for the Indian legal industry
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Rules for a new dawn for the Indian legal industry

The Hindu  

India’s tryst with globalisation began in 1991, when the country liberalised its economy. It is with this spirit that the Bar Council of India had notified the “Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022” in early 2023, allowing foreign lawyers to set up their offices in India for some limited purposes. Yet, …

Bar Council urges higher education institutes, state governments to uphold sanctity of legal education
8 months ago

Bar Council urges higher education institutes, state governments to uphold sanctity of legal education

Hindustan Times  

The Bar Council of India has issued a circular to the vice-chancellors and departments of higher education across the country to help the top lawyers' body in its "endeavour to uphold the sanctity and quality" of legal education. The Bar Council of India has urged all state governments and universities to help the top lawyers' body in its "endeavour to …

Bar Council Of Delhi’s Special Committee Opposes BCI’s Rules For Entry Of Foreign Lawyers And Foreign Law Firms In India, Calls For Stay
1 year, 6 months ago

Bar Council Of Delhi’s Special Committee Opposes BCI’s Rules For Entry Of Foreign Lawyers And Foreign Law Firms In India, Calls For Stay

Live Law  

A special committee constituted by the Bar Council of Delhi has opposed the Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022. The Special Committee comprised of various members of Bar Council of Delhi, President and Secretary of Delhi High Court Bar Association, other Bar Associations of the national capital, …

Domicile Not A Condition For Enrolment With State Bar Council, Only Bar Council Of Delhi Insisting For It: BCI To Delhi High Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Domicile Not A Condition For Enrolment With State Bar Council, Only Bar Council Of Delhi Insisting For It: BCI To Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has told the Delhi High Court that domicile of a law graduate is not a condition for enrolment with a State Bar Council as per law and that no other State Bar Council except Bar Council of Delhi has it as a requirement. “…the Bar Council of India vide email dated 10 May 2023 sent …

Foreign Legal Firms In India? New Frontiers Or A Floodgate?
1 year, 8 months ago

Foreign Legal Firms In India? New Frontiers Or A Floodgate?

Live Law  

The BCI’s latest announcement in the first week of March this year, has proverbially left the cat loose among the pigeons. Besides, allowing foreign law firms to operate in India is perceived as a dilution of control over the legal profession. UNLOCKING NEW AVENUES: Enabling foreign law firms in India could have two major advantages. Secondly, by enabling foreign firms …

Why India's decision to allow foreign law firms to establish offices is set to shake up its legal services industry?
1 year, 9 months ago

Why India's decision to allow foreign law firms to establish offices is set to shake up its legal services industry?

Firstpost  

As of March 10, foreign law firms can now set up shop in India to offer M&A and corporate advisory services as well as to handle arbitration disputes for foreign clients New Delhi: India’s decision to allow foreign law firms to establish offices in the country is set to shake up its legal services industry, with local firms fretting star …

Explained | Are foreign law firms now allowed in India?
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | Are foreign law firms now allowed in India?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Five years after the Supreme Court allowed foreign law firms and foreign lawyers to visit India on a temporary period for giving legal advice to their clients, the Bar Council of India, a statutory body governing legal practice in India, has framed Rules that allowed them to open offices in India. However, the court said that …

'Foreign Lawyers Entry' Rules Should Be Welcomed In 'National Interest', It Won't Affect Advocates Practicing In India: BCI
1 year, 9 months ago

'Foreign Lawyers Entry' Rules Should Be Welcomed In 'National Interest', It Won't Affect Advocates Practicing In India: BCI

Live Law  

Regarding its recent decision to permit foreign lawyers and law firms to practice foreign law in India on a reciprocity basis, the Bar Council Of India today issued a press release putting out some clarification in an attempt to put to rest certain 'misapprehension' and 'misinformation' surrounding the same.It has categorically stated that the rules allowing foreign lawyers entry into …

DC Edit | Bold move on foreign lawyers
1 year, 9 months ago

DC Edit | Bold move on foreign lawyers

Deccan Chronicle  

Globalisation has finally knocked down one of the last standing desi citadels when the Bar Council of India notified the Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022. The new rules, which have the backing of a 2018 Supreme Court order, allow foreign law firms to set up offices in India to practise …

morning digest march 16 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

morning digest march 16 2023

The Hindu  

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Foreign lawyers, firms can operate in India: BCI
1 year, 9 months ago

Foreign lawyers, firms can operate in India: BCI

The Hindu  

The Bar Council of India has opened up law practice in India to foreign lawyers and law firms. The BCI, a statutory body governing legal practice in India, has framed the 'Bar Council of India Rules for Registration of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2021' to enable foreign lawyers and law firms "to practice foreign law, diverse …

Allowing Foreign National To Practice Law In India : Bar Council Of India Seeks Views Of State Bar Councils
2 years, 3 months ago

Allowing Foreign National To Practice Law In India : Bar Council Of India Seeks Views Of State Bar Councils

Live Law  

The Bar Council of India has sought the views of the State Bar Councils seeking their views regarding allowing a Korean citizen, who completed law education in India, to enrol as an advocate in India. Putting forward the appeal of Mr. Daeyoung Jung, the Bar Council through the letter informs that he is a Korean National who has obtained the …

Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Bars Practice of 19 Advocates Pending Disciplinary Proceedings
2 years, 7 months ago

Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Bars Practice of 19 Advocates Pending Disciplinary Proceedings

Live Law  

The Bar Council Of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, on 09.05.2022 has passed a prohibitory order against 19 lawyers from practicing as advocates in all Courts, Tribunals and other authorities in India either in their name or under any assumed name. The notification, issued by the Secretary of the Bar Council, was in light of the Disciplinary Proceedings pending against these …

The bar on criticism that muzzles the advocate
3 years, 5 months ago

The bar on criticism that muzzles the advocate

The Hindu  

On June 25,2021, amendments to the Bar Council of India rules which govern the professional conduct and etiquette of advocates were notified. In response, the Bar Council of India issued a press release on May 30, characterising the criticism as a “sustained and synchronized attack on Supreme Court ” by “disgruntled members of the bar and some unhappy and disappointed …

Bar Council Of India Misusing Its Dominant Position: Plea in CCI Against Maximum Age Limit For LLB Course
4 years ago

Bar Council Of India Misusing Its Dominant Position: Plea in CCI Against Maximum Age Limit For LLB Course

Live Law  

"The Bar Council of India, misusing its dominant position in controlling the legal education in India, through Clause No. 28 of the Rules of Legal Education, 2008 is creating indirect entry barriers to the new entrants into the profession of legal service by imposing maximum age restrictions to enter into the legal education," a complaint filed before the Competition Commission …

RBI Directs Banks Not To Grant/Renew Permissions To Foreign Law Firms For Opening Liaison Offices In India
4 years, 1 month ago

RBI Directs Banks Not To Grant/Renew Permissions To Foreign Law Firms For Opening Liaison Offices In India

Live Law  

The Reserve Bank of India has directed the banks not to grant fresh permissions/ renewal of permission to any foreign law firm for opening of Liaison Office in India.The RBI notification referred to a Supreme Court judgment which held that advocates enrolled under the Advocates Act alone are entitled to practice law in India and that foreign law firms/companies or …

The Need To Protect Legal Profession From Silent Invasion By Non-Advocates
4 years, 4 months ago

The Need To Protect Legal Profession From Silent Invasion By Non-Advocates

Live Law  

Introduction An interesting tussle is afoot. These traditional duties now find place in Chapter II of the Bar Council of India Rules made under Section 49 of the Advocates Act, 1961 under the heading "Standards of Professional Conduct and Etiquette". Part IV of Bar Council of India Rules provides for rules of legal education and Rule 2 define Practice of …

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