Different courts have different systems. There are many courts, nowadays, where dates are being allotted by the computer system if no specific date was given by the court itself. Even in Supreme Court, dates are allotted by the computer system.
Even otherwise, if no specific date was given on the last date and it was shown to be in due course, then ultimately some specific date has to be shown, and it is generally done on the computer. There is nothing unusual in that. It is the duty of the advocate concerned to keep checking the next date periodically.
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