HONG KONG – A group of lawyers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is seeking government action against 31 foreign law firms and a legal process outsourcing company for illegally practicing law “out of five star hotels and business centers.”
According to Indian legal blog Bar and Bench, a petition for a writ compelling the government to act against foreign lawyers was filed in the Madras High Court by lawyer A.K. Balaji on behalf of a group called the Association of Indian Lawyers. Although international law firms are already barred from having offices in India—a restriction strengthened by a Bombay High Court decision in December—a member of the group behind the writ told Bar and Bench that other means by which foreign firms operate in India should also be targeted.
