Legal
process outsourcing (LPO) and legal knowledge process
outsourcing (KPO) have changed dramatically in India due to the
recent events. The Supreme Court of India has declared that foreign
law firms, LPOs/legal KPOs, chartered accountant firms, etc cannot
practice law in India anymore.
The term legal practice has been interpreted by the
Supreme Court as covering both litigation and non litigation related
aspects of legal practice in India. This means that only Indian
lawyers enrolled under respective bar councils and actually
practicing law are entitled to provide LPO/legal KPO, consultancy,
litigation, non litigation, agreement drafting and vetting and all
other legal services in India.
In short, legal practice in India, both litigation
and non litigation, has now become an exclusive
professional area for Indian advocates alone. All
LPOs/legal KPOs providing legal services in India would be engaging
in illegal activities and bar council of India can take action
against them.
With a general ban upon foreign and non legal
personnel to practice law in India, Indian lawyers and law firms must
now deliver and rise up to the occasion. This is more so regarding
information and communication technology (ICT) related legal fields.
For instance,
cyber lawyers in India is need of the hour due to growing
ICT related cases in India. Similarly, lawyers must be aware of cyber
security, cyber forensics, cyber law, e-discovery and many similar
techno legal issues.
E-discovery
outsourcing to India is going to increase in the near
future. With foreign lawyers and law firms out of the picture, Indian
law firms like Perry4Law
would play a more pro active role in this regard. This is more so as
even non legal e-discovery firms would be prevented to operate in
India due to the recent order of Supreme Court.
Electronic
discovery (E-Discovery) services in India would be in much
demand as more and more technology related issues are giving rise to
legal disputes. Although we have no norms for electronic
discovery (e-discovery) in India as on the date yet they
may be formulated very soon.
With the active use of virtual
data rooms for legal compliances in India e-discovery
could see a jump in India. E-discovery
for cloud computing in India and e-discovery
for social media in India are some of the areas where ICT
law firms like Perry4Law are providing their services in India. If
you have e-discovery requirements, you may consider seeking services
of law firms like Perry4Law as other may be banned in India.
