The Calcutta Weekly Notes Law Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday January 3 1910

For the proper apprciation of the decision and the note it must be observed in the first place that in America there is no division of the legal profession into attorneys and counsel as in England and like pleaders in the mofussil and on the Appellate Sides of the High Courts in this country the attorneys in the United States are entitled to act as well as appear and plead in Court for thei [...] And that since as a citizen the judge has adequate civil or criminal remedies if the criticism by the attorney or citizen be libellous to allow the court the arbitrary exercise of the power to disbar for criticism of court rulings would tend more to impair the confidence of a public accustomed to the right to criticise the acts of its officers to the fullest extent that even unjust or maliciou [...] The issue of the book this year the author explains has been delayed by about a month owing to the delay in the passing of the Finance Bill the throwing out of which by the Lords has not only forced the General Election but also frustrated the author's calculations. [...] The District Judge was of opinion that the effect of the survey proceeding was that the Plaintiff was out of possession and that decision having under the Act the effect of a decision of a Civil Court was binding and it was not therefore open to the Plaintiff to now bring a suit for confirmation of possession. [...] The Plaintiff appealed to the High Court and urged that even assuming that the laying down of the boundary did have the effect of an order of a Civil Court deciding possession of the Defenant yet nevertheless it was open to the High Court to make an order restoring the Plaintiff to possession and that order ought to be made bcause the title was established by the first Court.