Jerome Karsenti, lawyer for an anti-corruption pressure group, said that the adjournment amounted to "denial of justice".. "It is now obvious that there is one law for the powerful in this country and one for the rest," he said.
Furness announced that this week's adjournment was to allow "further inquiries that those assisting the royal commission wish to make".
"Have a wonderful birthday, dear," he mopes sarcastically, before a snotty adjournment that could practically be Orange Juice's mission statement: "I'll spoil your party with a punky sneer".
In fact, the Rules of Procedure state that if an adjournment is to be requested, the President of the House must be informed 24 hours in advance.
The courts typically work six days a week and try to reduce adjournments that lead to long delays in cases.
He also talked about increasing disruptions and adjournments that have roiled recent sessions of Parliament, saying that politicians should "not reflect with concern on the repeated disruptions of proceedings and a regrettable unwillingness, on occasion, to engage in informed discussion".
A spokeswoman for the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., said that violations or adjournments in contemplation of dismissal had been offered to all but two of the 65 people arrested on Dec. 17 at Duarte Square.
The new meeting chairman called the adjournment a "recess," meaning that the postponement did not require the shareholders in attendance to consent.
The government said it had respected the constitution with the adjournment at midnight and that the people of India would know who was responsible for the failure to reach a vote.
M. Gutchkoff, the President of the Duma, will to-morrow propose the adjournment of that body for the day.
