Their Lordships have thought it right on this occasion to re-state these principles at some length in the hope that it will assist practitioners, who are asked to certify in support of a proposed petition, in determining whether it is in accordance with their professional duty to do so. They trust that these observations will have a beneficent effect. If, indeed, after this explanation and warning petitions continue to reach the Board which never should have been certified, it will be necessary to call the attention of the suitable authorities in the arca from which such petitions come to the continual disregard of the rule by the certifying counsel concerned. Their Lordships must make it plain that no reflection is involved upon the conduct of counsel or solicitors representing these petitioners before the Board to-day: they cannot properly be held responsible for improper certificates signed by other counsel in India.
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