In Brief
The appellant filed civil appeals through a junior counsel who requested an adjournment because the senior counsel was out of station. The Supreme Court rejected the adjournment request, holding that counsel being absent for such reasons is not a valid ground for delay. Finding the appeals were not being prosecuted with proper diligence, the Court dismissed them for non-prosecution and declared that no future applications for restoration would be entertained.
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