1926 (6) TMI 2

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....rar, Appellate Side, considered that Advocates were required, under the newly amended O. 3, R. 4 (1), of the Civil P. C., to file powers of attorney when they file memoranda of appeal or cross-objections. Certain advocates questioned this opinion and I directed that the matter be brought before the first Bench for decision. Mr. Bose, on behalf of these advocates, contends that the signing and and....

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....[1873] 19 W. R. Cr. 9, Phear, J., says: I think that the word "act" there, (i.e., Act 20 of 1865, S. 5) means the doing something as the agent of the principal party, which shall be recognized or taken notice of by the Court as the act of that principal; such for instance as filing a document. In Kali Kumar Roy v. Nobin Chundar [1879] 6 Cal. 585= 7 C. L. R. 562, at page 590, White, J.,....

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....appearance, signed by them, giving the names of the parties in the case, the name of the party for whom they appear, and the name of the person who authorised them to appear. We would not, however, apply this rule, but would maintain the existing practice in the case of an advocate who, under the rules in force, can only appear on the Original Side of the Calcutta, Bombay and Madras High Courts on....