Stay of Proceedings of a Case: A Legal Gymnastics Tool to Delay Proceedings Before a Trial Court?

It is therefore my opinion that any contention that the pendency of an application for prohibition and/or certiorari before the Supreme Court or High Court should automatically stay proceedings in the lower court pending the determination of the application before the Supreme Court or the High Court would have no legal leg to stand on. And if it were in a religious realm, such line of argument would be described as the height of apostasy.