Refer BCI rules:
Section VII-Restriction on other Employments
47. An advocate shall not personally engage in any business; but he
may be a sleeping partner in a firm doing business provided that in
the opinion of the appropriate State Bar Council, the nature of the
business is not inconsistent with the dignity of the profession.
48. An advocate may be Director or Chairman of the Board of
Directors of a Company with or without any ordinarily sitting fee,
provided none of his duties are of an executive character. An
advocate shall not be a Managing Director or a Secretary of any
Company.
49. An advocate shall not be a full-time salaried employee of any
person, government, firm, corporation or concern, so long as he
continues to practise, and shall, on taking up any such employment,
intimate the fact to the Bar Council on whose roll his name appears
and shall thereupon cease to practise as an advocate so long as he
continues in such employment.
*“That as Supreme Court has struck down the appearance by
Law Officers in Court even on behalf of their employers the
Judgement will operate in the case of all Law Officers. Even if they
were allowed to appear on behalf of their employers all such Law
Officers who are till now appearing on behalf of their employers
shall not be allowed to appear as advocates. The State Bar Council
should also ensure that those Law Officers who have been allowed to
practice on behalf of their employers will cease to practice. It is made
clear that those Law Officers who after joining services obtained
enrolment by reason of the enabling provision cannot practice even
on behalf their employers.”
* “That the Bar Council of India is of the view that if the said
officer is a whole time employee drawing regular salary, he will not
be entitled to be enrolled as an advocate. If the terms of employment
show that he is not in full time employment he can be enrolled.”
50. An advocate who has inherited, or succeeded by survivorship to
a family business may continue it, but may not personally participate
in the management thereof. He may continue to hold a share with
others in any business which has decended to him by survivorship or
inheritance or by will, provided he does not personally participate in
the management thereof.
51. An advocate may review Parliamentary Bills for a remuneration,
edit legal text books at a salary, do press-vetting for newspapers,
coach pupils for legal examination, set and examine question papers;
and subject to the rules against advertising and full-time
employment, engage in broadcasting, journalism, lecturing and
teaching subjects, both legal and non-legal.
52. Nothing in these rules shall prevent an advocate from accepting
after obtaining the consent of the State Bar Council, part-time
employment provided that in the opinion of the State Bar Council,
the nature of the employment does not conflict with his professional
work and is not inconsistent with the dignity of the profession. This
rule shall be subject to such directives if any as may be issued by the
Bar Council India from time to time.