Reckitt And Colman Of India Ltd. And Ors. vs Jitendra Nath Maitra And Ors. on 27 April, 1956
8. This section does not prescribe that the consent must be given in a particular manner or in a particular form. If that be so, the consent of a party which is the basis for the grant of leave to the other party for being represented by a lawyer in a proceeding under the I.D. Act, can be inferred from the surrounding circumstances as also the conduct of the consenting party. Consent can be implied. The section does not insist upon a written consent. Consent once given cannot be revoked at a later stage because there is no provision in the I.D. Act enabling such withdrawal or revocation. To put it pithily the consent once given by a party, entitling the other party to be represented in the proceeding, by a lawyer would enure to his benefit till the proceeding is finally disposed of, I am fortified in this view by a decision of the Calcutta High Court in Reckitt and Colman v. Jitendra Nath, (supra).