SC: No Litigant can be penalized for non appearance of lawyer-Judicial Reforms/Policy needed

Parveen V. State of Haryana (Supreme Court)

The Apex Court in a in a recent decision has ruled that it the appeal/revision/writ of a litigant cannot be dismissed if the  lawyer of the litigant it is not present in the court due to any reason whatsoever. The Court ruled on 16th November 2020 in the case of Parveen V. State of Haryana in SLP (Crl.) Nos.4292-4293/2020 that in such a case the court should appoint ‘amicus curiae’ so that the litigant does not suffer from the mistake of his lawyer. The court allowed t

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