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2017 (4) TMI 1295 - HC - CustomsQuantum of penalty - smuggling of currency - denial of request for adjournment - Held that: - As is the normal practice and tradition of this Court that, when an Advocate argues an appeal in the absence of the party and the Court expresses its disinclination, purely to accommodate the Advocate and understanding his position as an Officer of the Court we grant him/her time to speak to the client. If the client is unavailable on that particular date, we grant an adjournment. That is only to take limited instructions, namely, whether to invite order of dismissal on merits or to withdraw the appeal considering the disinclination of the Court. We are not inclined to grant this request for adjournment. We feel that Courts cannot be taken for a ride by litigants in this fashion. The Tribunal has clearly held that the said Rajendra Bhutada was the mastermind. Confiscation and penalty upheld - appeal dismissed.
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