Commentaries by Prof. Homer Pithawalla

In Conversation with Professor Homer Pithawalla: Legal Education and Profession in India

H. Pithawalla

In Conversation with Professor Homer Pithawalla: Legal Education and Profession in India

Prof. Homer Pithawalla

June 10, 2021 09:00:22 am

Professor Homer D. Pithawalla is a practising advocate of the Supreme Court of India and Bombay High Court as well as a solicitor of Bombay High Court, Supreme Court of England and Wales and Supreme Court of Hong Kong. He is the senior-most Professor of Law at the Government Law College, Mumbai, where he has [...]

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