# Supreme Court junks adjournment plea, says rank no bar to order 2026-08-22T10:49:26+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed a matter after refusing an adjournment request made on the ground that the Additional Solicitor General (ASG) was busy in another courtroom. A bench of Justice B V Nagarathna and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva told the counsel seeking the adjournment that the court does not treat lawyers differently based on their designation. "Whether ASG, SG, our order will be the same. It does not differ based on the advocates who appear before us. Please tell your ASG that. If Mr. Senior counsel will appear, we will pass another order? In our court, every counsel is the same," Justice Nagarathna said. She added that a junior who assists well gets the best order, while a senior who offers only noise and no assistance leaves the court frustrated. The bench made clear that the seniority or designation of the advocate makes no difference to how it decides a case, and that what matters is the quality of assistance rendered. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The remark comes against a backdrop of frequent adjournment requests in the Supreme Court, often citing lawyers' schedules. While designations like ASG or senior counsel carry prestige, the court's insistence on equal treatment reinforces that no advocate commands special procedural concessions. This stance may pressure the law office to ensure that government counsel prioritise listed matters. The next signal to watch is whether the court starts imposing costs for such last-minute adjournment pleas. ## Coverage - barandbench.com Straight news report of court proceedings, no editorialising or framing beyond quoting the judges. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Additional Solicitor General, Justice B.V. Nagarathna, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Supreme Court of India Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-junks-adjournment-plea-says-rank-no-bar-to-order/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-junks-adjournment-plea-says-rank-no-bar-to-order/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/