TMI Blog1981 (4) TMI 255X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Qamaruddin for the Appellants. A.K. Sanghi for Respondent JUDGMENT Special leave granted. We have heard Mr. O. P. Rana, learned counsel for the appellant, and Mr. A.K. Sanghi, learned counsel for the respondent. The High Court disposed of the appeal preferred by the present appellant in the absence of the learned counsel for the appellant. When the appellant became aware of the fact ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y 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 rural area and may have no knowledge of the court's procedure. After engaging a lawyer, the party may remain supremely confident that the lawyer will look after his interest. At the time of the hearing of the appeal, the personal appearance of the party is not ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d it not bring justice delivery system into disrepute. What is the fault of the party who having done everything in his power and expected of him would suffer because of the default of his advocate. If we reject this appeal, as Mr. A.K. Sanghi invited us to do, the only one who would suffer would not be the lawyer who did not appear but the party whose interest he represented. The problem that agi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... osal of the matter by the High Court. There remains the question as to who shall pay the costs of the respondent here. As we feel that the party is not responsible because he has done whatever was possible and was in his power to do, the costs amounting to Rs.200/- should be recovered from the advocate who absented himself. The right to execute that order is reserved with the party represented by ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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