accept appointment as advocates-cum-agents on any file/mandate only jointly in practice-groups of at least two ALG attorneys. The private/personal activities of individual lawyers of the firm (such as, but not limited to, writing and publishing in journals and publications, blogs, and expressing views in the public domain, in print and online media, taking membership of organizations and groups in a private capacity, political activities, membership of political parties, contesting elections and other electoral activities, etc.) are not reflective of the firm, nor does the firm support, endorse or identify with any of them.ĪLG attorneys practice only in teams viz. If any potential or existing client informs us to except them from this practice, we oblige and refrain from doing so in their regard. We disclose names/identities of our existing clients (but not of their files, nor of the contents of their files nor of any information about them that is or can be expected to be confidential for business/legal purposes) when other clients or potential clients seek us to disclose representative client names/lists etc. Our conflict of interest norms are stricter than the minimum standards of the Bar. In case of potential or possibility of being conflicted in the future, however, we seek and take consent from the existing client if we want to take up a file. the conflict of interest is strictly on the subject matter against subject matter basis. We check for the conflict of interest specifically on a file as against our other existing and live files, and not on a client as against existing client basis, viz. We do not perceive automatic or deemed conflict of interest with closed files unless there is a subject matter overlap.
Between practice areas, we do not perceive automatic or deemed conflict of interest. We observe all applicable Bar Council rules and norms in conflict of interest matters. With the direction to comply within a period of 100 days from the issue of this memorandum, this step is intended to conserve biological diversity, maintain sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from its commercial use. The Authority shall ensure that only those cases are granted approval for future activities which would have otherwise been approved in the normal course. The Authority shall take into consideration the scientific evidence as well as any damages that might have been caused due to the lack of the required approval. In a Memorandum issued on September 10, 2018, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has directed the National Biodiversity Authority to consider all such cases where prior approval required to obtain any biological resource or knowledge associated thereto has not been obtained, including acts that may have occurred in the past. SeptemNational Biodiversity Authority reconsiders cases lacking compliance under the act