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SC order on foreign law firms: Will the government bite the reforms bullet?

Foreign law firms are not allowed to set up offices in India; foreign lawyers cannot practise in Indian courts

SC order on foreign law firms: Will the government bite the reforms bullet?
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Sudipto Dey
The recent Supreme Court order that upheld the ban on foreign law firms from setting up an office, or practice Indian law, in the country could pave the way for the government for liberalising the legal services sector. Does the government have the political will to bite the bullet on long-pending reforms for regulating the legal profession? 
 
Most legal experts feel the Supreme Court order does not push back the efforts of the government over the last two-three years on the opening of the legal services sector. “It gives legitimacy to the efforts being made as the Supreme Court

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