Abrew v. Housing Development And Finance Corporation And Others – sllr 2006 volume 2 page 365

In the case between Abrew (plaintiff) and Housing Development and Finance Corporation and others (defendants), the court examined whether an auction sale of property conducted on 15.11.1999 and 19.11.1999 was illegal and unjustifiable, and scrutinized the proper application of judicial discretion under Sections 143 and 145 of the Civil Procedure Code in relation to repeated adjournments for the re-examination of a key witness (the auctioneer). It was determined that, as examination in chief and cross-examination of the witness had been completed and the plaintiff had repeatedly failed to secure his further attendance, further adjournments were unnecessary. The court affirmed that, under the relevant statutory framework, decisions on adjournment and evidence-taking rest within judicial disc