https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180198 Where an appellant sought and obtained an adjournment but then failed to appear on the adjourned date and filed no further adjournment request, the Tribunal treated the conduct as indicating no intention to prosecute the appeal. Relying on the inherent power of courts and tribunals to dismiss proceedings for non-prosecution, the Tribunal applied that principle to the facts and dismissed the appeal as unadmitted. The ruling emphasises that a party's unexplained absence after an adjournment can justify dismissal for want of prosecution. en-us Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:31:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180198 Where an appellant sought and obtained an adjournment but then failed to appear on the adjourned date and filed no further adjournment request, the Tribunal treated the conduct as indicating no intention to prosecute the appeal. Relying on the inherent power of courts and tribunals to dismiss proceedings for non-prosecution, the Tribunal applied that principle to the facts and dismissed the appeal as unadmitted. The ruling emphasises that a party's unexplained absence after an adjournment can justify dismissal for want of prosecution. Case-Laws Income Tax Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=180198