The Bombay High Court has remarked that no special consideration will be given to Lawyers and Counsel appearing for parties from outside of its territorial jurisdiction and their absence will not be a ground for adjournment.
The single-judge bench of Justice Amit Borkar observed:
"It is made clear that counsels appearing for the parties are from outside is no ground to grant special status to them. It is made clear that on the next date or any dates thereafter, no adjournment shall be granted on the ground that the counsels are from outside the territorial jurisdiction of this Court."
The order was passed in a petition filed by Deepak Kochhar, husband of former Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar, seeking quashing of money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the alleged ICICI Bank-Videocon case.
When on the date of hearing, the Advocate sought adjournment as the senior advocate who was the lead counsel in the matter could not appear due to difficulty, the court allowed that same but clarified that no such further adjournments will be granted.
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