I have been reading up on the history of the legal profession in India since I find it fascinating how the Bar was made of multiple different strands (barristers/advocates, attorneys, vakils etc) before it was finally unified through the Indian Bar Councils Act, 1926. I recently read 'The Legal Profession in Colonial South India' by John Paul (Oxford University Press), an excellent book which closely follows the fortunes of the vakils who practised before the Madras High Court.

Paul's book made me wonder whether there are any similar books on the Bar of the Bombay High Court. I know that Chapter 1 of Abhinav Chandrachud's 'An Independent, Colonial Judiciary' does touch upon this to a certain extent but I would like to read a much fuller work on the subject. An article published by the Bombay Incorporated Law Society on its centenary (see: https://bils.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Brief-history-of-the-bombay-incorporated-law-society.pdf) is somewhat illuminating but it is even more light on information than Chandrachud's book.

While I am interested generally in the history of the Bombay High Court and its Bar, I am particularly interested in 1) the history of the dual system (counsel-attorney) which existed before the OS and the reasons behind its persistence till 1976 when it was finally done away with, and 2) competition among Parsis and non-Parsis regarding the practice before the OS. Unfortunately, I think it highly unlikely that there is any written material on the second point (though I am well aware that rich oral histories of this rivalry have been passed down to lawyers currently practising before the Bombay High Court). In any case, I would greatly appreciate it if anyone would be kind enough to point me towards any relevant material.

Thanks in advance!