Umardeen v. State of U.P. and Another
Constitution of India, Article 227 – Expeditious disposal of criminal trial
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Nand Prabha Shukla, J.), order dated 6.5.2025 in Matters Under Article 227 No. 14646 of 2024 (Umardeen v. State of U.P. and Another). Article 227 petition seeking a time-bound direction for disposal of Session Trial No. 259 of 2018 (Sections 307, 379, 342, 149 IPC; Case Crime No. 384/2006, P.S. Kavinagar, Ghaziabad) pending before the Additional District Judge, Court No. 10, Ghaziabad. Petition disposed of with direction for expeditious decision without unnecessary or long adjournments, subject to no legal impediment; no merits opinion. Keywords: speedy trial, expeditious disposal, Article 227, direction to trial court, pending sessions trial.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the court concerned (Additional District Judge, Court No. 10, Ghaziabad) to decide Session Trial No. 259 of 2018 as expeditiously as possible, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either party, from the date of production of a certified copy of the order, if there is no other legal impediment.