Neither Client Nor Court Is Bound By Lawyers Admissions As To Matters Of Law Or Legal Conclusions

Case: Employees State Insurance Corporation vs Union of India

Coram: Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna

Case No.: CA 152 of 2022

Court Observation: “While generally admissions of fact by counsel are binding, neither the client nor the court is bound by admissions as to matters of law or legal conclusions”

“A lawyer generally has no implied or apparent authority to make an admission or statement which would directly surrender or conclude the substantial legal rights of the client unless such an admission or statement is clearly a proper step in accomplishing the purpose for which the lawyer was employed. We hasten to add neither the client nor the court is bound by the lawyer’s statements or admissions as to matters of law or legal conclusions”

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Lawyers Admissions, Legal Conclusions