Sine die - Indian Laws - General

Expression sine die As per Shorter Oxford Dictionary , third edition, volume II, at page 2000, means : Without any day being specified (for reassembling, resumption of business, etc.); indefinitely Similarly, in Webster s Comprehensive Dictionary , International edition, the meaning given is more or less the same : Without a day; indefinitely : an adjournment sine die (that is, without setting a day for reassembling) In Black s Law Dictionary , Deluxe fourth edition, at page 1556 : Without a day; without assigning a day for a further meeting or hearing The legal meaning given in J owitt s Dictionary of English Law , second edition, volume II, at page 1663 reads : Without a day being fixed. The consideration of a matter is said to be adjourned sine die when it is adjourned without a day being fixed for its resumption The passage in Shackleton at page 44, on which learned counsel relies, reads : Adjourned meetings : Notice. An adjournment, if bona fide, is only a continuation of the meeting and the notice that was given for the first meeting holds good for and includes all the other meetings following it up. If, however, the meeting is adjourned sine die, a fresh notice must be given. No new business can be introduced unless notice of such new business is given CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE VERSUS DR. SHANTARAM KALE - 1988 (7) TMI 333 - SUPREME COURT