J. Sagar Associates (JSA) has announced that it will pay full increments to its attorneys and staff despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with retrospective effect from April 2020.

These amounts will be paid at the end of March this year. The firm also announced that it had paid bonuses to its lawyers in September last year.

As per a statement by the Executive Committee at JSA,

“It has been a difficult year. Our colleagues stepped up to the challenges and worked as a team to overcome them. The firm recognises their contribution, and their hard work in adapting to the changing environment and the new normal. This is a message to the JSA family that the worst is over and good times will soon be here.”

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas recently announced a 10% increment in the fixed retainer fee of its lawyers, with retrospective effect from April 1, 2020.