Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 519 · Decided 14 November 2000
Ramon Services PVT. LTD. v. Subhash Kapoor and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 519 · [2000] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 550
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6385/2000
- Decided
- 14 November 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.P. SETHI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution
Headnote
Advocates: lawyers Strike and Professional ethics. Suit decreed ex-pa rte against defendant as advocate for the defendant failed to appear due to lawyers strike-Held, in future the advocate would also be answerable for the consequences suffered by the party if the non­ appearance was solely on to suffer for the self imposed dereliction of his advocate-Such litigant, who suffers entirely on account of hi$ advocate's non-appearance in Court has also the remedy to sue the advocate for damages-Same Court has power to realise the cost to permit the litigant party to realise the cost
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