Sine Die Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1948, S. 453 The expression ‘sine die’ as given in Shorter Dictionary, 3rd edn., Vol. II at p. 2000 means : Without any day being specified (for reassembling, resumption of business etc.) ; indefinitely. Similarly, in Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary, International edn., the meaning given is more or less the same: Without a day ; indefinitely : an adjournment sine die (that is, without setting a day for reassembling). In Black’s Law Dictitionary, Delux Edition, 4th Ed.at page 1556, the meaning of the expression sine die is Without day ; without assigning a day for a further meeting or hearing. The legal meaning given in Jowitt’s Dictionary in English Law, 2nd edn., Vol. II at p. 1663 reads : Without a day being fixed. The consideration of a matter is said to be adjourned sine die when it is adjourned without a day being fixed for its resumption. The passage in Shackleton at p., 44 on which the learned counsel relies reads : Adjourned meetings : Notice An adjournment, if bona fide, is only a continuation of the meeting and the notice that was given for the first meeting holds good for and includes all the other meetings following upon it. If however the meeting is adjourned sine die, a fresh notice must be given. No new business can be introduced unless notice of such new business is given. (Chandrakant Khare v. Shantaram Kale, (1988) 4 SCC 577 (586)