{"id":37988,"date":"2015-06-16T11:04:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T11:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37988"},"modified":"2015-06-16T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T11:04:10","slug":"hc-frowns-at-dismissal-of-plea-over-lawyers-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-frowns-at-dismissal-of-plea-over-lawyers-absence","title":{"rendered":"HC frowns at dismissal of plea over lawyer&#8217;s absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37864\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/madras-high-court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37864\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/helmets-for-2-wheeler-riders-must-from-july-1-in-tn\/madras-high-court-9\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/madras-high-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"madras high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/madras-high-court.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-37864 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/madras-high-court.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"HC frowns at dismissal of plea over lawyer's absence\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HC frowns at dismissal of plea over lawyer&#8217;s absence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a significant ruling, Madras High Court has said that criminal appeals cannot be dismissed just because appellant&#8217;s counsel did not turn up for hearing and should be decided only on merit, underscoring that Supreme Court guidelines on such matters must be followed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the counsel for the appellant was not present, the court cannot dispose of the appeal,&#8221; Justice P Devadass said in his ruling on a Criminal Revision Petition (CRP) filed by D L Saleem Ahmed.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed had been convicted by a Fast Track Court for dishonouring a cheque. Challenging this, he filed an appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Chennai, dismissed the appeal as &#8220;ex-parte&#8221; as the lawyer for Saleem was not present. A petition was filed against this judgement in the High Court.<\/p>\n<p>On circumstances like a counsel not present during a hearing on criminal appeal, the HC said &#8220;the (appellate) Court can adjourn the appeal to enable the counsel to appear or without adjourning the criminal appeal, the Court can dispose it of&#8221; on merit.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal can be disposed of after fully referring to the evidence on record, and &#8220;either it (court) can allow the appeal or dismiss it. But, it must dispose of the appeal on merit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Honourable Supreme Court (has) laid down the guidelines as to the disposal of the criminal appeal, when the counsel for the appellant was not present,&#8221; the High Court said. Such guidelines must be followed, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Outlining the distinguishing features of Criminal and Civil laws, the court said, &#8220;It is clear that the Appellate Court has disposed of the (criminal) appeal like a Civil Court. It is an ex-parte disposal.&#8221; Such a disposal is unknown to criminal laws,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>Allowing the appeal filed by Ahmed, the High Court set aside the order of the Additional Sessions Judge. 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