Supreme Court terms lawyers' vigilance 'foundational' to protecting clients' cases from dismissal

ISLAMABAD: Emphasising the importance of diligent case presentation, the Supreme Court on Saturday reiterated that an advocate’s absolute vigilance was a “foundational requirement” for protecting a client’s case from dismissal in default. This principle is also “reverberated across the world with one voice by dint of a legal maxim ‘ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt ’, thereby…