The Calcutta Weekly Notes Law Notes and Notes of Cases of the Calcutta High Court and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the English Law Courts Monday March 15 1926

But as regards adjournment of the proceedings of the House the Speaker is only the spokesman or the mouthpiece of the House. [...] Except on such occasions the authoity of the House in the matter of adjournment is so supreme that the House has ignored on many occasions the request of the Crown for the ajournment of its sittings and asserted that the Crown may dissolve or prorogue the Parliment but cannot order its adjournment. [...] In the House of Commons the same practice is followed with regard to Government business in the interest of the carrying on of the general administration. [...] Further it must be remembered that on Monday the 8th of March last when some of the members of the Assembly walked out that day and the following days of the week had been allotted under 47 by the Governor-Genral for the discussion of the Demalids of the 81tasxii TILE CALCUTTA WEEKLY NOTES. [...] It would avoid any conflict between*the recollection of the accused's pleader the rcollection of the prosecuting counsel and the recollection of the Court as well as the rcollection of the witness.