# guidance of and compliance by, the presiding officers

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 104/IVh-36
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1976-06-16
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 104/IVh-36
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/guidance-of-and-compliance-by-the-presiding-officers-163179
- **Pages:** 1

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C.L. No. 104/IVh-36 dated 16th June, 1976

To ensure expeditious disposal of civil cases, following instructions are issued for
guidance of and compliance by, the presiding officers.
(1)
Parties shall have the responsibility of bringing any witness required to
give evidence or to produce documents.
(2)
(a)
Hearing of a suit should be continued from day to day until all the

witnesses in attendance have been examined. It should not be

adjourned unless necessary for exceptional reasons to be recorded.
(b)
The court may record statements of witnesses who are present,

even if the party or his pleader is not present.
(3)
Costs imposed in connection with adjournment should be deposited in the
court. It should, however, be paid after the disposal of the cases.
(4)
The judgment recorded by the Presiding Officers in civil cases should be
precise and not prolix. It should deal with essentials and be argumentative.
C.L. No. 8/IV-f-80 Admn. (A) dated 18th February, 1981
(1) The District Judge should keep a close watch on the Diaries of the Munsifs directing
them not to grant adjournments for more than a week after the case is ripe for
hearing.
The cases adjourned for one week should be carried over and fixed in the
next week, except, of course, in genuine cases in which a longer adjournment is
needed. While granting longer adjournments, the officer should record in brief the
reasons thereof.
(2) Too many cases should not be fixed in a day's cause list to avoid harassment to the
litigants coming from distant places. The Presiding Officers should adopt such
means as may lead to minimize the duration of disposal of cases.
(3) Special attention should be paid to the disposal of older cases.
 C.L. No. 185/VII f-50 dated 20th November, 1976

District Judges should impress upon all judicial officers, the necessity of deciding
cases in general and rent control matters in particular, involving the serving armed forces
personnel on priority basis. And, adjournments must not be granted indiscretely.
C.L. No. 157/VII -d-180 dated 21st December, 1971
Cases requiring early hearing may be disposed of expeditiously. Pauper
applications should ordinarily be decided within one year and miscellaneous matter like
tenants's applications for repairs etc; under U.P. Rent Control Act even in lesser time.
C.L. No. 96/IV h-36 dated 27th May, 1977
―Proceedings arising out of matters such as succession, guardianship, matrimony,
rent control, ceiling, payment of wages, Forest Act & Motor Vehicles Act, should
not be treated miscellaneous proceedings, but at par with regular suits or appeals,
as the case may be, and given priority.‖