Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 235 · Decided 13 March 2018
Bar Council of India v. A.K. Balalji and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 235 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 229
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7875/2015
- Decided
- 13 March 2018
- Bench
- ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, UDAY UMESH LALIT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Arbitration Act
Headnote
Advocates Act, 1961: ss. 24, 29, 47(2) r/w s.49(1)(e) and s.49A - Foreign law firms/ lawyers - Permissibility to practice in India - Held: Practice of law includes litigation as well as non-litigation - Giving of opinion, drafting of instruments, participation in of non-litigation practice - Regulatory mechanism for conduct of advocates applies to non-litigation work also - As per the Act, advocates enrolled with the Bar Council alone are entitled to practice law - Foreign law firms/companies or foreign lawyers cannot practice
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