Morning Digest | Governors cannot precipitate the fall of elected governments, says SC; Eric Garcetti confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to India, and more

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Governors cannot precipitate the fall of elected governments: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that Governors seriously undermine democracy if they use their constitutional office to call for a trust vote, citing dissension within a ruling political party, and precipitate the fall of a legitimately established and functioning government.

Eric Garcetti confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to India after 20-month fight

President Joe Biden’s close aide Eric Garcetti won confirmation Wednesday from a divided Senate as the nation’s next ambassador to India, more than a year and a half after he was first nominated by the President and after weathering doubts about his truthfulness in a sexual harassment scandal involving a City Hall adviser.

Foreign lawyers, firms can operate in India: BCI

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has opened up law practice in India to foreign lawyers and law firms.

The BCI, a statutory body governing legal practice in India, has framed the ‘Bar Council of India Rules for Registration of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2021’ to enable foreign lawyers and law firms “to practice foreign law, diverse international law and international arbitration matters in India on the principle of reciprocity in a well-defined, regulated and controlled manner”.