TOP LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS THIS WEEK [21-27th September 2026] | Permanent Constitution Bench; BCI Chairman Row; Rapido’s pre-ride tipping prompts case; and more
A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.
Advocate-client privilege
Advocate-client privilege protects communications, not advocate’s unlawful or independent conduct; Delhi HC upholds GST search of Advocate’s office
The Court upholds search under S. 67(2), Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, subject to protection of privileged and third-party confidential material.
Summoning Advocates: Supreme Court Fortifies Advocate-Client Privilege
by Vasanth Rajasekaran* and Harshvardhan Korada**
To Summon or not to Summon an Advocate? Inside important SC directions to guide Investigators & protect Client-Advocate privilege
“When a person cannot incriminate himself, he cannot be prejudiced or incriminated by the statement of his counsel, only on the basis of the professional communications he had with his counsel, in confidence”.
Advocate-client privilege | MP High Court quashes DCP’s notice summoning Advocate to give statement and signature specimen
The Court rejected the intervener’s application with costs of Rs. 10,000/- to be deposited in the account of the High Court Employees Union within 15 days.