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In which case, where the advocate of one of the parties was asking for continuous adjournments to the…

In "N. G. Dastane v. Shrikant S. Shinde", (2001), the Supreme Court held that seeking adjournments to postpone the examination of witnesses who were present, without making…

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In which case, where the advocate of one of the parties was asking for continuous adjournments to the immense inconvenience of the opposite party, it was held by the Supreme Court that seeking adjournments for postponing the examination of witnesses who were present without making other arrangements for examining such witnesses is a dereliction of the duty that an advocate owed to the Court, amounting to misconduct.

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In "N. G. Dastane v. Shrikant S. Shinde", (2001), the Supreme Court held that seeking adjournments to postpone the examination of witnesses who were present, without making other arrangements for examining them, is a dereliction of the duty an advocate owes to the Court and amounts to misconduct.

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