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Supreme Court 'Embarassed' At Repeated Requests For Adjournment By The Centre

By Sunil Garodia
First publised on 2022-11-10 15:04:35

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Sunil Garodia Editor-in-Chief of indiacommentary.com. Current Affairs analyst and political commentator.

The Supreme Court rightly said it felt "embarrassed" in dealing with the repeated requests (it was the second request in a month) for adjournment of hearing in the demonetization case made by Attorney General R Venkatramani. The apex court has been getting strict with senior advocates to avoid the unhealthy practice of asking for adjournments to reduce or do away with the tareekh pe tareekh culture. It has even advised senior advocates to allow their juniors to argue cases if they are not able to attend court and not ask for adjournments on that count. In some cases, the court even allowed holidaying senior advocates to argue via video conferencing instead of granting an adjournment. Hence, it must have been genuinely embarrassing for the judges to decide on such request from the chief legal advisor to the government of India. How does the court make an exception in case of the central government? Will it not be discriminatory?

The Centre wanted deferment of hearing as it was not ready with the affidavit that needed to be filed in the demonetization case. The hearing was adjourned at the last date too. This time the judges have allowed time till November 24. The Central and state governments, being the biggest litigants in the country and having a battery of lawyers and legal staff at their disposal, must recognize the fact that repeated adjournments in any case lead to unnecessary delays and further clog the judicial system which is already groaning under the weight of huge backlog of cases. Hence, the government must instruct its lawyers to be present in court with all necessary documents and argue cases on the date of hearing instead of asking for adjournments. The Centre needs to set an example in this regard and save judges from the embarrassment. 

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