formerly contended, it would be my duty to call the Registrar's attention to the matter in order that he might report in the usual way. But here I seem to have failed to convey my meaning to Your Excellency. I apree that I should report grave dereliction of duty on the part of any Registry Officer to the Governor, as I in fact did with regard to Mr. Seth; but was referring in paragraphs 13 to 15 to cases which, surely it needs no arguments to show, are matters with which the Chief Justice must himself deal. They do not come within the term "grave dereliction of duty".
I do not think that Your Excellency would seriously contend that I should refer to the Governor any question similar to those mentioned in those paragraphs. What would be the result? The Governor would consult the Attorney-General, and would undertake to decide a question with which he could not have any familiarity; and meanwhile the business of the Court would go on being badly done. Work in these conditions would be impossible.
Nor can I think that Your Excellency seriously intends to urge that Mr. Seth should have reported his absence from duty to the Colonial Secretary who would then report to Your Excellency...
Page 297
...
Page 298
was not directly provided but the content suggest the page is continuing from 297. However, the original text was not properly formatted and had many OCR errors. The above response corrects some of these errors and formats the text into paragraphs. Here is the revised response in HTML format as requested:formerly contended, it would be my duty to call the Registrar's attention to the matter in order that he might report in the usual way. But here I seem to have failed to convey my meaning to Your Excellency. I agree that I should report grave dereliction of duty on the part of any Registry Officer to the Governor, as I in fact did with regard to Mr. Seth; but was referring in paragraphs 13 to 15 to cases which, surely it needs no arguments to show, are matters with which the Chief Justice must himself deal. They do not come within the term "grave dereliction of duty".
I do not think that Your Excellency would seriously contend that I should refer to the Governor any question similar to those mentioned in those paragraphs. What would be the result? The Governor would consult the Attorney-General, and would undertake to decide a question with which he could not have any familiarity; and meanwhile the business of the Court would go on being badly done. Work in these conditions would be impossible.
Nor can I think that Your Excellency seriously intends to urge that Mr. Seth should have reported his absence from duty to the Colonial Secretary who would then report to Your Excellency...
Page 297
...
Page 298