Gopalaswamy 27 November 2017

Civil law

In a civil case I am the plaintiff .inquiry /cross examinationof self and witnesses were over .enquiry of other part is pending . I find in the record that it is adjourned as DWS for the past 2 times What does it mean and how long this can be adjourned on this pretext of DWS What is the meaning of DWS

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Vijay Raj Mahajan (Advocate) 27 November 2017

DWS means Defendent Witness. It will not be allowed by the trail court for ulimited times, a last warning will be give, recorded in the daily order to the defendent after that if still the defendent fail to bring his witnesses in the court for examination etc. the defendent's evidence will be declared closed by the trail court. This the usual procedure and practise followed in court proceedings in civil cases.