Supreme Court CIRCULAR Dated: 18th March, 2026

F.No. 3/Judl./2026

Dated: 18th March, 2026

• Read: (1) Circular bearing F.No. 22/Judl./2025 dated 29.11.2025

  • (2)
    Circular bearing F.No. 24 /Judl./2025 dated 2.12.2025

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In supersession of the Circulars referred to above, Hon'ble the Chief Justice of India has been pleased to direct that, henceforth, the following will be the procedure / modalities relating to circulation of Letters seeking adjournment of cases:

• 1)
  Letters seeking for adjournment of cases listed before the Hon'ble Courts are permitted to be circulated by the Advocates-on-Record / Parties in-person in all cases.
• 2)
  Advocates-on-Record / Parties in-person shall serve the copy of the Letter seeking for adjournment, in advance, on the Advocates-on­Record / Parties in-person appearing on the other side / Caveator and submit such a request with proof of service before 11:00 a.m., on the previous working day.
• 3)
  The Advocates-on-Record / Parties in-person appearing on the other side / Caveator will have liberty to raise objection to such a request, through response on the aforesaid e-mail before 12:00 noon and such objection, if any received, will also be circulated before the Hon'ble Court.
• 4)
  Specific reason for seeking adjournment and number of adjournments already sought in the case shall be mentioned.
• 5)
  Adjournment of the case will be considered only under exceptional circumstances i.e., bereavement in the family or medical / health condition of the Advocate / Party in-person or such other genuine reason to the satisfaction of the Hon'ble Court.
• 6)
  Letters seeking adjournment in fresh cases are permitted to be circulated only once.
• 7)
  Two consecutive adjournments, irrespective of which party is seeking an adjournment, shall not be permitted without the case being listed before the Court.
• 8)
  Request for adjournment of the case shall be submitted in the prescribed format as per Annexure – 'A' through e-mail: adjournment.letter@sci.nic.in.

No Letters seeking for adjournment of regular cases listed before the Hon'ble Courts will be permitted.

-Sd/-(Pavanesh D.) Registrar (J) (J.L) 18.3.2026

Copy to:

• (1)
  Supreme Court Bar Association with five spare copies of the Circular with a request that the Circular may be displayed on the Notice Board of the Association for information to its Members.
• (2)
  Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association with five spare copies of the Circular with a request that the Circular may be displayed on the Notice Board of the Association for information to its Members.
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  All the Notice Boards.
• (4)
  All concerned