old_man-by_SukantoDebnath_th The Mumbai Mirror wrote about a gentleman this week who is “probably city’s oldest law student” at 80 years of age. If so, he is lucky to have slipped through the age-barrier net that has been woven by the Bar Council of India (BCI). Uddhav Alkari ( not pictured) is an e...

Confounding expectations Press Notes 2 and 4 will stay as they are, according to a press report this morning. Perhaps a few lawyers will not have been surprised, however. “There is no plan to make any changes in Press Note 2 and 4 at all,” an unnamed “senior finance ministry official” told the India...

Li-LegallyIndia_sml_logo Good news: no lawyers were laid off in US Biglaw last week - the first time since records began (this year). But how have Indian lawyers fared in the downturn? US blawg Abovethelaw.com teamed up with fellow blawgers Lawshucks to produce a beautiful graph of number of lawyers...