Legal Question in Appeals and Writs in India

status of case

A lawyer has filed a criminal case in 1993 on behalf of a teacher and according to the bombay website it shows writ petition filed in 1996 whose status is disposed in 2000 ( stage : for directions for non filing of the second set of writ petitions),...thereafter there is no indication of any records when the lawyers /clients /case no/respondents particulars are typed in the search engine on the websitewhich was last updated till 2005. Yet presently the lawyer is frequently claiming the case is presently up for hearing and then later he says that the judge is out of station,it is postponed, some weird excuses,(he evades giving us the case number when asked), IS there any way of acertaining the truth about his statements ,since the particular teacher is nearing the end of retirement next year. He has already taken a sum of 13000/-rupees. And he yet continues to verbally assure that the case is strong and due any time now. How can we check this out...the website has no details of writ petitions filed after 1996 pertaining to this case. Is it possible to get a speedy check /change the lawyer/report fraud against this lawyer if proved he has been stalling this case or is in cahoots secretly with the opposite party-Please help/advise


Asked on 4/21/08, 7:35 pm

4 Answers from Attorneys
Homi Maratha N.N. Maratha & Co.-Advocates

Re: status of case

Please follow the instructions hereinmentioned:

(1) Go to the court and take the information about the correct position of the case.

(2) Engage a new lawyer if you cannot count on him.

(3) If the Advocate has misbehaved you can lodge a complain with Bar Council and Consumer Court.

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Answered on 5/02/08, 2:58 am
Mahesh Gupta Medico-legal Advocates and Consultants

Re: status of case

The answer is simple.

1. The petitioner can go to the court and inspect the case file to know the correct position.

2. In the alternative, he can engage another advocate who can inspect the file on his behalf.

3. If the advocate has behaved against the interests of the client, complaint against him can be lodged with the Consumer court and the Bar Council.

M C Gupta

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Answered on 4/22/08, 1:02 am
Aniruddha Pawse Aniruddha.P.Pawse Advocates

Re: status of case

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Answered on 4/22/08, 6:32 am

Re: status of case

You may check the case from the court where it is allegdly pending and can also officially inspect the court file.you may change your lawyer at any time if you have lost faith in him.

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Answered on 4/26/08, 2:05 am


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