JUDGMENT - D.R. DHANUKA, J.:---While hearing Arbitration Petition No. 210 of 1989, I found that Shri Atul Munim and Shri Pramod Dalal, Partners of Messrs. Bachubhai Munim Co., a firm of Advocates, had filed their own affidavits as Constituted Attorney of the respondent Messrs. Offshore Enterprises Inc., while Messrs Bachubhai Munim Co., were also on record of the proceedings in their professional capacity as advocates for the respondent, I have come across several such cases where Power of Attorney is obtained by one or other partner of the Advocate's firm/Solicitors' firm from a non-resident client and the Advocates' firm acts for that party in a professional capacity. While delivering my judgment dated 20th and 23rd April 1992, I observed as under :

"In case of foreign clients, a practice appears to have grown up to the effect that the Advocate on record acts both as a Constituted Attorney of the client as well as an advocate on record. Time has reached when it shall have to be considered as to whether this practice is in accordance with law and as to whether an Advocate can be permitted to combine the role of a Constituted Attorney of a suiter and that of an Advocate/Solici

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