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Foreign Law Firms In India: An Economic Perspective On The War For Indian Legal Services Market?, Maurya Vijay Chandra

Maurya Vijay Chandra

Entry of foreign law firms has been a hot topic in the legal fraternity in India for more than a decade now. Some have been looking for their arrival in India with great sense of anticipation and others have raised a queer pitch to keep them out. The formal battle lines are drawn along the legal possibility of foreign law firm's entry into India. Hon'ble Bombay High Court in the Lawyers Collective Case held that it is illegal for the foreign law firms to open liaison offices in India, but recently, the ruling by the Hon'ble Madras High Court in …