Can a non lawyer be a owner of a law firm in India ?

ninoanand (Querist) 02 January 2018 This query is : Resolved
Can a non lawyer be a owner of a law firm in India ?
Can he keep lawyers and run it...?

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Ms.Usha Kapoor (Expert) 03 January 2018
No! A non lawyer cannot be appointed as head of law firm in India.

Vijay Raj Mahajan (Expert) 03 January 2018
Yes a non-lawyer can be owner of the Law Company, such person can do administrative work of running the company and not appearing in the case before the Court or Tribunal etc.

Hemant Agarwal (Expert) 03 January 2018
1. A "FIRM" is a legal entity, registered as a OPC or a LLP or a Pvt.Ltd Co., or a Public Ltd. Co. AND there is no bar for any type of Professional (Lawyer, Doctor, Engineer) person, establishing and conducting the management and administrative affairs of the Legal Entity.

2. Legally it is not mandatory that a ENGINEER only an open a Technical Firm NOR it is mandatory that a Software Engineer only can open a Software Firm.

3. In India, the Ambani (Reliance) family are not Telecom technicratss, BUT yet are conducting the largest telecom in the world.

4. In India, A Layman entreprenuer may open a Legal Firm, werein the qualified and registered Professionals can be retained for conducting the affairs of the legal firm.

Keep Smiling .... Hemant Agarwal

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Advocate Bhartesh goyal (Expert) 03 January 2018
Agree with Mr VIjay Raj Mohan and Hemant Agarwal experts.

Kumar Doab (Expert) 03 January 2018
Agreed with post of Mr. Vijay Raj Mahajan, Mr. Hemant Agarwal, Mr. Bhartesh Goyal.
Mr. Hemant Agarwal is precise and concise in this thread also.