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- The Bar Council of India (BCI) notified the Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022
- Now, foreign lawyers and law firms to practise foreign law, international law, international arbitration, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property matters etc on a reciprocal basis.
- Also, the BCI has the right to refuse to register any foreign lawyer or law firm.
- On March 13, 2018, a division bench of Justices had ruled that foreign law firms or foreign lawyers cannot practise law in the country either on the litigation or non-litigation side.
- However, the court said that there was no bar on foreign law firms or foreign lawyers visiting India for a temporary period for giving legal advice to their clients.
- BCI is a statutory body and it governing legal practice in India.
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