This Article 227 petition sought a direction to expedite the disposal of a criminal case. The court directed the lower court to decide the case without unnecessary delays and disposed of the petition.
Directed the Court concerned to decide the case expeditiously without unnecessary adjournments.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:135432
Court No. - 87
Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 7150 of 2024
Petitioner :- Digvijai Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ved Byas Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.
Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
This petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed to direct the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gorakhpur to decide the Criminal Case No. 746 of 2017 (State Vs. Usha and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 55 of 2016 under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120 B IPC, Police Station-Cantt., DistrictGorakhpur within prescribed time as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court.
Expeditious disposal of a case is the right of every litigant and it is expected from every Court to endeavour to dispose of a case pending before it, expeditiously.
Learned counsel for the respondents has no objection in this regard.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner, it is expedient to direct the court concerned to make its endeavour to decide the aforesaid case as expeditiously as possible without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, if there is no other legal impediment.
With the aforesaid directions, the petition is disposed of.
Order Date :- 22.8.2024 Shivani
Digitally signed by :- SHIVANI SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
3 issues framed by the court
Whether to direct the Court below to decide the criminal case expeditiously without unnecessary adjournments.
Whether to dispose of the writ petition after issuing directions.
Whether to fix a specific time limit for the decision of the criminal case.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Digvijai Singh
State Of U.P.
Nand Prabha Shukla
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