Cyber
crimes are gripping India hard. Similarly, cyber
contraventions in India are also increasing. Many individuals engage
in cyber crimes for fun while others indulge in the same due to
monetary incentives. With the growing cases of cyber crimes in India,
the need of e-discovery
services in India is going to increase.
Recently, the Supreme Court of India has restrained
foreign law firms, foreign lawyers, non compliant legal process
outsourcing (LPO) providers, etc from engaging in legal services of
any nature whatsoever. Now only Indian
advocates or LPOs consisting of Indian advocates alone can
provide legal services.
This restriction equally applies to e-discovery
services in India. Thus, only Indian law firms/lawyers and Indian
e-discovery LPO/KPOs of India can provide e-discovery
services in India. Similarly, legal
e-discovery services in India cannot be provided by any
person or firm unless it consists of Indian advocates alone.
Perry4Law
is the exclusive techno legal e-discovery
law firm of India and one of the few in the world.
Further, after the injunction by the Supreme Court of India, it is
also one of the few who can provide e-discovery services in India in
a legal and acceptable manner.
With the directions of the Supreme Court of India,
the e-discovery service providers in India would be engaging in
illegal activities unless they are performing a purely non legal
task. E-discovery in India essentially involves legal issues,
evidentiary aspects and compliance with other Indian laws, hence only
authorised advocates or Indian law firms/LPOs providers can engage in
such services.
Those who are engaged in a legal battle or plan to
engage in one in India must engage services of authorised and
competent Indian lawyers and law firms alone otherwise their cases
may be jeopardised.
