Supreme Court of India
Ram Kumar Gupta and Ors. v. Har Prasad and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the appellants were suffering injustice merely because their chosen advocate had defaulted.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226 - Writ petition - Dismissed for non-prosecution - Application for restoration also rejected for non-prosecution - Second application for restoration dismissed on the ground of delay and /aches - Appeal by writ petitioners on the ground that counsel appointed by them was designated as Additional Advocate General of State and therefore could not appear at the time of hearing of writ petition as also restoration of writ petiton Held: Party should not suffer merely because his counsel committed default- Writ petition restored to its original file and
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