New Notary Portal
The Government has launched the Notary Portal as a dedicated platform for providing online services for the works related to the Notaries Act,1952 and the Notaries Rules, 1956.
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Bar Council of India calls for lawyers to resume work
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has urged Bar Associations in Delhi to ensure the continuous operation of judicial proceedings despite the ongoing legal strike opposing the proposed Advocates (Amendment) Bill 2025. BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra stated that the Council engaged in extensive deliberations with the Union Law Minister, the Law Secretary, and senior officials from the Ministry of Law & Justice on February 20, 2025. These discussions provided substantial clarifications and affirmative assurances addressing concerns raised by the legal fraternity regarding the draft bill.
Service tax leviable on services rendered by the Advocate and Senior Advocate under Reverse Charge
The Hon’ble Karnataka High Court in the case of Prashanth Sreedhar Shenoi allowed the writ petition and held that, the services of legal professionals consisting of partnership firm of Advocates or an individual Advocate other than a Senior Advocate is exempt from levy of service tax to an advocate or partnership firm of advocates providing legal services to any person other than a business entity or a business entity with a turnover upto ten lakh rupees in the preceding financial year.