Clasis Law’s UK-headquartered best friend Clyde & Co has sued the Indian arm of integrated telecom infrastructure company Nu Tek, in the Delhi high court, for non-payment of Rs 2.1 crore ($315055) of the law firm’s dues.

Liberalisation of legal services directly upholds citizens’ constitutional right to the choice of lawyers they want to engage, in Prof NR Madhava Menon’s view.

Naik Naik & Co re-appointed its former senior associate Rishabh Mastaram as an associate partner in its corporate practice, after Mastaram’s stint away from Naik with DSK Legal.

AZB & Partners Mumbai has promoted Harsh Maggon and Sugandha Asthana to its partnership, according to a press release.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has backtracked on its earlier full-throated support of liberalisation of the legal market in a six-page letter, saying that it had encountered “strong opposition” from state bar councils and was therefore withdrawing its earlier draft rules to allow foreign lawyers.

The Indian Corporate Counsel Association (ICCA) has produced draft of a Foreign Legal Practitioners (Regulation of Practice) Bill 2016, which it will present at today’s meeting with ministries and stakeholders at 17:30 in Delhi.

The Indian National Bar Association (INBA), which released a report last week calling for the entry of foreign law firms this year, has now also been invited to also meet the Government in tomorrow’s talks on legal market liberalisation.

Trilegal has hired J Sagar Associates (JSA) Delhi principal associate Gautam Shahi as a counsel to specialise in competition and litigation, reported VCCircle, relying on two unnamed sources.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) has been accused by service tax authorities of forum shopping and misleading the the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) by allegedly not disclosing the existence of a live Supreme Court case for the same client on the same issues.

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has hired 2005-ILS Pune graduate Parveet Singh Gandoak to the firm as a counsel in Singapore from Debevoise & Plimpton, where he had worked between 2011 and 2016 as an associate.

The Indian National Bar Association (INBA) has weighed into the legal market liberalisation debate, coming up with a proposal that would see foreign law firms entering by the end of this year, with “complete liberalisation” proposed to happen by the end of 2019.

Argus Partners has hired R Vedasagar as a partner in Bangalore, focusing on banking and finance from 1 October.

Argus Partners promoted Siladitya Chatterjee as a partner in its corporate practice in Delhi, effective 1 September 2016.

K&S Partners Gurgaon partner Samuel Niranjan joined Khaitan & Co in Bangalore as a counsel in its intellectual property practice.

Former Amarchand Mangaldas private client practice (PCP) director Mugdha Sahal, who had started her own practice Metasis Legal two years ago, has joined Sanctum Wealth Management as head of wealth planning in Mumbai, according to a press release.

Three Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Delhi partners will be leaving the firm, according to multiple authoritative sources.

K Law has hired Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi senior associate Sharad Joshi as an associate partner in Mumbai.

DMD Advocates, the firm formerly known as Dutt Menon Dunmorrsett, has just promoted 2005 Delhi University graudate Anish Kapur to its partnership.

and Gandhi”)PKA Advocates litigation partner Amit Jajoo, associate partner Sushmita Gandhi and three lawyers are joining HSA Advocates in Mumbai.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Mumbai corporate partner Gurpreet Vasir Ashar has resigned.