Bombay High Court: No Special Consideration for Lawyers Coming from Other Places to Argue


The Bombay High Court recently stated that lawyers and counsel who appear for parties from outside of its territorial jurisdiction will not be given any special consideration and their absence will not be a ground for adjournment. Single-judge Justice Amit Borkar made it clear that adjournments will not be granted on the ground that lawyers are appearing from outside the territorial jurisdiction of the High Court. The money laundering case against Kochhar and others being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) relates to the siphoning off of six high value loans from ICICI Bank to various companies of Videocon Industries to the tune of ₹300 crore.


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