The Bombay High Court recently held that provisions of the Indian Evidence Act that make communication between an advocate and his client ‘privileged communication’ would apply even after the advocate ceases to represent the litigant. Consequently, the single-judge Justice Abhay Ahuja quashed the ‘witness summons’ issued by a civil court in Pune to Senior Advocate
Legal Advice by a Lawyer to His Client is Privileged Communication and Cannot Be Disclosed in Court: Bombay HC
