Whether lawyers can be summoned by investigating agencies on their professional advice to the client, the Supreme Court, on August 13, 2025, in a suo motu hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta emphasised that the attorney-client privilege with the client is a fundamental and sacrosanct doctrine which is secure under Sections 132 and 134 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. He stated that a lawyer may not be forced to reveal professional advice given to him or her when making a legitimate representation. But Mehta was categorical in his view that when one of the lawyers does something that does not fall within the rights and legitimate professional practice, like facilitating the destruction of evidence or coaching on the creation of false evidence, no special protection or immunity should extend. In these instances, the attorney must be regarded as any other citizen, and the law must be equal, according to Article 14 of the Constitution of the country. Any efforts to establish a special body of law that would protect advocates by effectively providing blanket immunity to them were unacceptable to him, as he feared that such immunity might be misused. The submissions by various counsel were heard by the bench of CJI B.R. Gavai, Justice K. Vinod Chandran, and Justice N.V. Anjaria, and the bench reserved its order on an issue as to whether judicial sanction is necessary before summoning lawyers during investigation.