<h1>Enforcement Directorate bars summoning advocates without director approval to protect lawyer-client privilege under Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam</h1> The Enforcement Directorate issued a circular directing investigating officers not to summon advocates in violation of lawyer-client privilege under the Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam. Any exceptions require director approval. This followed controversy over summons issued to senior Supreme Court lawyers, which the advocates' association condemned. The agency withdrew one summons issued to a lawyer serving as company independent director and kept another in abeyance. The case involves a money laundering probe regarding insurance company stock options issued despite regulatory rejection, with subsequent penalty imposed.