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Mint Bangalore
|November 08, 2025
SC judgment narrows the scope of legal privilege for in-house counsels
Lawyers said the SC judgment leaves in-house counsels vulnerable to questioning by probe agencies, a protection that practising advocates continue to enjoy.
(MINT)
Companies will now need to rethink sharing confidential information with their legal teams, after the Supreme Court ruled that counsels on a company’s payroll cannot claim client-attorney privilege when investigative agencies come calling.
The top court’s 31 October clarification in the Indian Evidence Act will fundamentally reshape how corporates handle internal legal communications, lawyers told Mint.
According to them, the judgment narrows the scope of legal privilege for in-house counsels, leaving them vulnerable to questioning by probe agencies, a protection that practising advocates continue to enjoy.
This story is from the November 08, 2025 edition of Mint Bangalore.
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