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(i) in all Courts including the Supreme Court.

(ii) Before any tribunal or persons legally authorised to take evidence ; and

(iii) Before any other authority or person before whom such advocate is by or under any law for the time being in force entitled to practise,"

The word 'practise' cannot be given a narrow interpretation. It not only includes the right of an advocate to draft a pleading or a document but also envisages in it his right to present the pleadings and/or document prepared by him before the Courts, Tribunal or any authority.

17. That the legal practitioners have been writing documents, preparing drafts thereof for the purposes of presentation before the Registering Officer by the parties concerned or by their agents duly appointed by registered power-of-attorney as per provisions of Sections 32 and 33 of the Registration Act.

18. That in order to avoid legal complications and maintain the confidence of the executants of the documents the legal practitioners have been as per practice presenting the documents also on their behalf in their presence which was being duly accepted.

(2) Nothing in sub-clause Rule (1) shall apply where the writer of such document is one of the parties thereto or is a legal practitioner engaged by the parties for drawing of the documents."

7. That the word "document" as well as "document writer" has further been defined under Rule 2 (b) and (c) of the abovementloned Rules which reads as follows :

"2. (b) "Document" means a document written for presentation to a Registering Officer and includes an application for copy. inspection, search, extension of period and issue of summons and warrants and an application under Section 73 of the memorandum of appeal under Section 72 of the Registration Act, 1908 or a draft of the said document.