Landmark case · Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System · Semester 5

Bar Council of India v. A.K. Balaji

(2018) 5 SCC 379 · Supreme Court of India

Foreign law firms cannot practise Indian law in India; BCI's regulatory monopoly over the profession was affirmed with limited window for fly-in advice on foreign law.

From topic

Advertising, fees and professional accounting — Unit III, Professional Ethics and Professional Accounting System.

Related sections:

Bar Council of India Rules, Part VI, Ch. II, s. IV r. 36 — Restriction on advertising and soliciting
Bar Council of India Rules, Part VI, Ch. II, s. III — Duty to opponents
Advocates Act, 1961, 15 — Power to make rules including accounts of the Bar Council