An advocate-on-record of the Supreme Court filed a complaint with several public authorities on 28 August alleging that “many foreign law firms were indulging in legal practise” despite a Supreme Court ban.
Advocate Sumit Sinha had sent a letter to 15 authorities including the Bar Council of India, secretaries of several ministries, and the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks urging action to be taken against the five firms.
“The main purpose of filing this complaint is to ensure that the Supreme Court’s ruling is abided by … all these firms say on their websites they have their own office in India,” Sinha told India Business Law Journal.
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