TIOL-DDT 329 · Friday, 24 March 2006 · story 7 of 7

Sine die (si¯'niš di¯'e¯)

Without a day specified for a future meeting; indefinitely: Parliament was adjourned sine die yesterday.

A legislative body adjourns sine die when it adjourns without appointing a day on which to assemble again. A court may also adjourn a matter sine die, which means the matter is stayed permanently. This may be due to various reasons, for example, the case is started with a wrong procedure chosen, and then the judge may adjourn the matter sine die so that the party may choose to start the action again with the correct procedure.

++ Appeal on same issue pending in Supreme Court not a ground for adjournment of appeal sine die, as it could result in a situation where majority of litigation could come to a standstill. – CEGAT in CENTURY ENKA

++ Adjournment of appeal sine die generally not granted by Appellate Tribunal just because appeal against an earlier order involving identical point of dispute pending before Supreme Court – CEGAT in GOWTHAMI SOLVENT OILS PVT. LTD.

++ Issue pending before the Constitutional Bench - Appeal adjourned sine die. – Supreme Court in INDIAN LEADS PRIVATE LIMITED

There's no better way of using the imagination than the study of law.

No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets truth.

(Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944)

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