High Court deprecates the “Illness Slip” Device

Ram Nath and Ors. Vs Deputy Director Of Consolidation District Hardoi and Ors. (Allahabad High Court) It is common practice in the District Courts and the High Court for the advocates to pass  “‘Illness Slip’ and the matter is usually passed over by the Courts. It is likely that the advocate may be unwell but there is also likelihood that the ‘illness slip’ is just a device/ruse employed by the said advocate to circumvent hearing/further proceedings of the Court. With mounting pendency and clogging of the whole judicial system, such latent device for seeking Adjo...