# adjournments should be brought to the notice of the Court when considered necessary

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 123/VII-b-68
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1948-10-29
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 123/VII-b-68
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/adjournments-should-be-brought-to-the-notice-of-the-court-when-considered-163604
- **Pages:** 1

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take legal steps to secure their attendance. At the same time, instances of such
adjournments should be brought to the notice of the Court when considered necessary.
C.L. No. 123/VII-b-68 dated 7th October, 1971
Delay in disposal of cases can be avoided to some extent if summonses are served
well in time and the witnesses turn up on date fixed. A monthly statement showing the
number and percentage of summonses not returned after service, the number of witnesses
who did not turn up and the time of the court wasted due to non - appearance of the
witnesses duly scrutinized by the District Judge should be sent to the Court regularly on
or before the 10th of every month. The time wasted due to non-appearance of witnesses
may also be entered in the daily sitting register.
(7) All the working days, excluding Saturdays if wanted for miscellaneous work,
should be devoted to sessions work whenever it be heavy. Criminal appeals in which
accused persons are in jail may also be heard according to convenience on the days
indicated for sessions work.
C.L. No. 32/VIII-a-14 dated 7th April, 1956
A criminal appeal, in which an advocate practicing in the High Court is expected
to appear, may if the Sessions Judge so wishes be fixed for hearing on a Saturday.
C.L. No. 73/VIII-a-14 dated 12th May, 1971
The instructions contained in G.L. No. 73/VIII-a-14, dated October 29, 1948
regarding fixation of dates for the trial of sessions cases should be strictly followed.
Preference should be given to cases in which death sentence can be awarded. Cases in
which the accused is in jail should be given priority over cases in which accused is on
bail. Proceedings should be well controlled so that cases may be disposed of according to
the time schedule prescribed without granting unnecessary adjournments.
G.L. No 73/VIII-a-14 dated 29th October, 1948 as modified by
G.L. No. 7/VIII-a-14 dated 12th February, 1949 and
C.L. No. 55/VIII-a-14-49 dated 26th August, 1949 and
C.L. No. 80/VIII-a-14 dated 25th November, 1949
(8) Urgent civil work may also be taken up on working days where it is felt that
irreparable loss would otherwise be suffered by a party or where, under the rules or
orders of the Government or the Court, cases are required to be expedited or decided
within a prescribed period.
As far as possible, Divorce, Testamentary and Guardianship cases should be done
on Saturdays along with other miscellaneous work.

(9) For the time an Additional Sessions Judge is posted at the station, very few
sessions trials at the most, two or three a month for each Judge should be transferred to
the file of Assistant Sessions Judges working under the District Judge so that they may be
able to devote the greater part of their time to civil work.