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Consider the following statements about Rule 4 of the Bar Council of India's Standards of Professional…

Rule 4 says the advocate "shall not consider himself a mere mouth-piece of the client" and must use his own judgement on restrained language. That judgement includes…

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Consider the following statements about Rule 4 of the Bar Council of India's Standards of Professional Conduct:
Statement 1: An advocate shall not consider himself a mere mouth-piece of the client.
Statement 2: An advocate must use whatever language the client instructs in pleadings, since the pleadings belong to the client.
Statement 3: An advocate should avoid scurrilous attacks in pleadings and intemperate language during arguments.
Which of the statements are correct?

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Correct answer D

Rule 4 says the advocate "shall not consider himself a mere mouth-piece of the client" and must use his own judgement on restrained language. That judgement includes avoiding scurrilous attacks in pleadings and intemperate language in court. Statement 2 is wrong because the choice of language is the advocate's own responsibility, not something the client can dictate.

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