PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate BCI's 'International Lawyers Conference 2023' on Sept 23

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the twoday International Lawyers Conference 2023 organised by the Bar Council of India BCI on September 23 here at Vigyan BhavanDuring the inauguration ceremony on Saturday Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud will be the chief guest while Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice of the United Kingdom Alex Chalk KC will be the guests of honour the BCI saidIn a press conference held on Wednesday BCI chairman and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra said that the prime minister will inaugurate the ceremonyUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will be the chief guest in the valedictory ceremony on September 24 he saidMishra said several issues including the rules framed by the BCI with regard to entry and regulation of foreign lawyers and offshore law firms will be discussed during the twoday conferenceWe are going to discuss all these issues with foreign law firms and their representatives after the valedictory session in this conference only he said adding that the conference will be of immense help for the legal fraternity and law studentsMishra said Union minister Bhupender Yadav and others including three apex court judges iquest Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice P S Narasimha iquest will also attend the valedictory ceremony scheduled on SundayAttorney General R Venkataramani and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will be present during the inaugural ceremony on Saturday he saidAs per details shared by the BCI 10 technical sessions on several topics including Artificial Intelligence Transforming the Legal Landscape Intellectual Property Rights in a Borderless World and the Changing Landscape of Criminal Law will be held during the conference and several judges of the apex court and others would participate in themDuring the valedictory sessions the BCI will for the first time felicitate legal luminaries and confer them with BCI Vidhi Ratna Awards 2023 The awardees include senior advocates K Parasaran Fali S Nariman and K K Venugopal Senior advocates Ram Jethmalani and Soli J Sorabjee will be felicitated posthumously the BCI chairman saidMishra said In the month of March this year the BCI had framed rules with regard to the entry and regulation of foreign lawyers Then in June we were in London and there were talks held with the Bar Council of England and Wales the Law Society of England and Wales and representatives of several multinational law firms They were very much keen on the entry and regulation of foreign lawyers in our countryIn March this year the BCI had taken a significant decision to permit foreign lawyers and law firms to practise in areas such as foreign law international legal issues and arbitration matters saying that the legal fraternity here may be left behind if it sleeps over the matterThe decision to notify the Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India 2022 had evoked mixed reactions from bar leaders and eminent lawyersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever