Hi Jaswanth,
Refer the circular issued by the Registrar General vide Proceedings No. 1213/SO/2006, & Circular No. 24/2006 wich was issued based on the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India Judgment in Civil Appeal No. 3241,dt 02/08/2006 which reads as under.
"The trial court was unnecessarily and unreasinably liberal in granting adjournments,perhaps influenced by the observations of the High court in its impugned order deprecating a pedantic and hyper-technical approach.While we do not approve of a pedantic or hyper-technical approach in such matters, at the same time we must impress upon the courts that its approach, however liberal,must e in consonance with the interest of justice and fair to both the parties.Misplaced sympathy in favor of any of the parties result in injustice to the other party. The courts have the solemn duty to maintain a judicial balance. We must deprecate such irresponsibel approach of courts granting numerous and unnecessary adlournments in the strongest terms. The frequent grant of unnecessary adjournments has come in for very serious public criticism.It is not suprprising that frequent adjournments are unncessarily sought, but what is surprising is that courts generously grant such adjournments,regardless of the fact that it results in delayed diposal of thecases, involves loss of public time, increase the financial burden of thelitigants, and tarnishes the image of the judiciary. It is High timecourts stop granting unnecessary adjournments.The High courts must take serious note of adjournments freely granted,even if unnecessary, and as afollow up action call upon the judicial officers concerned, in appropriate cases, to justify the numerous and unnecessary adjourments granted".
In view of the observations made by the Apex court as above, all the presiding officers of the Subordinate courts are directed to follow the above instructions of Supreme Court of India scrupulously.
