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First BCI tries to sneak in an amendment in newly proposed bill as per which first they tried to expand the definition of 'legal practitioners' to include corporate lawyers as well - meaning that they are taking a view that corporate lawyers are not 'advocates', which means then advertisement bar should not apply to corporate lawyers. DSK legal launched those advertisements precisely taking advantage of the same.
Now BCI has not only retracted the proposed amendments, but they have also clarified that the existing definition of advocate in the current legislation is all expansive enough.
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New work - Mission impossible!