Assertion: Prior to the enactment of the Advocates Act, solicitors were referred to as British solicitors and they were permitted to practise in the High Courts in pre Independence India.
Reasoning: Today, in the Bombay and Calcutta High Courts there is a separate class of legal practitioners, known as solicitors, who prepare the case, but do not argue in court.
Reasoning: Today, in the Bombay and Calcutta High Courts there is a separate class of legal practitioners, known as solicitors, who prepare the case, but do not argue in court.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
Solicitors: Prior to the enactment of the Advocates Act, solicitors referred to British solicitors who were permitted to practise in the High Courts in pre Independence India. Today, in the Bombay and Calcutta High Courts there is a separate class of legal practitioners, known as solicitors, who prepare the case, but do not argue in court.