New Delhi, June 17 -- On 12 June the Bar Council of India (BCI) set up a high-powered committee headed by Cyril Shroff, managing partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, to evaluate the implications of newly notified rules that permit foreign law firms to practice foreign and international law in India in a regulated, non-litigious capacity.

Mint explains why the BCI set up the committee and what its recommendations could mean for the future of India's legal sector.

The committee was formed following the BCI's notification on 13 May of new rules that allow foreign lawyers and law firms to advise on foreign law, international law and arbitration matters in India on a reciprocal and regulated basis. These rules prohibit litigation and focus ...