1988 (1) TMI 21

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....ase No. 263 of 1985, which has been dismissed for default on March 11, 1987, and of Miscellaneous Petition No. 191 of 1981 dismissed for default. It was not disputed before us that a counsel was appearing for the petitioner in Miscellaneous Civil Case No. 263 of 1985 and in Miscellaneous Petition No. 191 of 1981 and that counsel failed to appear when the case was called on for hearing. Learned ....

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.... v. Munshilal, AIR 1981 SC 1400, 1401 : " The disturbing feature of the case is that under our present adversary legal system, where the parties generally appear through their advocates, the obligation of the parties is to select his advocate, brief him, pay the fees demanded by him and then trust the learned advocate to do the rest of the things. The party may be a villager or may belong to a ....

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....hen they do not like a particular Bench. May be we do not know, he is better informed in this matter. Ignorance in this behalf is our bliss. Even if we do not put our seal of imprimatur on the alleged practice by dismissing this matter, which may discourage such a tendency, would it not bring justice delivery system into disrepute ? What is the fault of the party who, having done everything in his....