Salman Haider Educational and Charritable Trust v. State of U.P. and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Salman Haider Educational And Charritable Trust v. State of U.P. and Another, Allahabad High Court, Application U/S 482 No. 18759 of 2020, decided 17.12.2020 by Sanjay Kumar Singh, J. Counsel: Narendra Singh for applicant; G.A. for State/opposite party no.1. Subject: expeditious disposal of Case No. 1005 of 2014 under section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act (Yogesh Kumar Tiwari), P.S. Cantt., district Allahabad. Directions: trial court to endeavour to decide within six months of production of certified copy, absent legal impediment; COVID-19 provision permitting use of judgment downloaded from Allahabad High Court official website. Keywords: expeditious trial, six-month timeline, Section 138 NI Act, Section 482 application, COVID-19.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the learned trial court to make an endeavour to decide Case No. 1005 of 2014 (section 138, Negotiable Instrument Act) expeditiously, preferably within six months from the date a certified copy of the order is produced before it, if there is no legal impediment; with liberty to act on a copy downloaded from the Allahabad High Court website if certified copy is not issued due to COVID-19.