Sunday is ordinarily not a day for judicial or legal proceedings

CA Sandeep Kanoi

The maxim DIES DOMINICUS NON EAST JURIDICUS means Sunday is not a day for judicial or legal proceedings. It is a day which has been reserved for divine service from times immemorial. Therefore, as of practice ordinarily no judicial work or act is done on Sundays though ministerial acts may be performed or the law makers may occasionally sit and make laws even on Sundays. The above practice in principle has always been, and still is, law except, if otherwise provided by the Statute.

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