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Indian courts slow down arrival of foreign law firms
The main chance for foreign law firms to be able to enter India without years of delay lies with Parliament, according to experts who believe that a new decision from the Supreme Court will hold up the issue indefinitely.
The Indian judiciary has been grappling with the question of whether to permit foreign lawyers to practice in India for more than two decades Supreme Court of India, New Delhi
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The Supreme Court of India has now allowed two appeals to go ahead against decisions which would have helped foreign practices to enter. The appeals are against decisions in the High Courts of Madras and Bombay. The complexity of the issue is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that the Bar Council of India is the appellant in the Madras case and the respndent in the Bombay case.
Role of parliament
Reporting on the Supreme Court decision, Legally India says 'it doesn’t look like any end is in sight, at least without parliamentary intervention'. Source: Legally India
