The right to silence

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Business Standard New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 02 2014 | 9:40 PM IST
The sibling battle between two managing partners for their mother's stake in the country's largest law firm - that serves some of the largest domestic and international and transnational corporations and financial institutions, as well as leading government corporations and agencies - seems to have caught the legal fraternity in a bind. So much so that most of them are flatly refusing to be drawn into a discussion with the media on issues involved in the legal wrangle. One law firm went to the extent of sending out an email to all its partners and associates instructing them not to share any oral or written opinion with the media on the escalating tug of war.

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First Published: Dec 02 2014 | 9:05 PM IST

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