Firstly, if needed, you can change your advocate.
Secondly, if the opposite party is repeatedly delaying the proceedings unnecessarily, you have the right to request the court to direct the party to complete its evidence expeditiously.
Thirdly, usually, the cross-examination is required to be conducted on the same day when the witness is examined. But, due to various reasons, the court has the power to allow the cross-examination to be conducted on the next day. Moreover, Section 311 of Cr.P.C. allows the court to recall and re-examine any witness if the condition mentioned therein is satisfied. Therefore, a request can be made to the court to recall a witness, if need be, in justifiable situations. Section 311 is reproduced below:
“311. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present.— Any Court may, at any stage of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, summon any person as a witness, or examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as a witness, or recall and re-examine any person already examined; and the Court shall summon and examine or recall and re-examine any such person if his evidence appears to it to be essential to the just decision of the case.”
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