Change Lawyer If Case Is Not Being Attended Properly: SC's Message To Litigants [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

12 March 2019 6:55 PM IST

  • Change Lawyer If Case Is Not Being Attended Properly: SCs Message To Litigants [Read Judgment]

    "If the appellants noticed that their lawyer was not taking interest in attending to the brief in question, then they should have immediately engaged some other lawyer to ensure that the appeal be filed in time by another lawyer."

    The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday, has given a subtle message to litigants who usually blame their lawyers, rightly or wrongly, for getting adverse orders from courts on technical grounds like delay, which could have been avoided, if they were vigilant enough. The appellant before the Apex court was Haryana Urban Development Authority. They were aggrieved of a...

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