As held by the Supreme Court in Bar Council of India v. A.K. Balaji (2018), foreign law firms/companies…

In Bar Council of India v. A.K. Balaji, the Supreme Court distinguished casual fly-in/fly-out visits for legal advice from regular practice in India. Such a visit could fall outside practice, but frequent or regular visits might amount to it, depending on the facts. The decision did not create a once-a-month or thrice-a-year entitlement, and foreign-law practice was not automatically exempt from regulation. The Bar Council of India's later rules on foreign lawyers and foreign law firms (notified in 2023) now allow registered foreign lawyers and firms to practise foreign law, international law and international arbitration in non-litigious matters on a reciprocal basis.