Ram Dulari and 2 Others v. Vishram and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. 3686 of 2025, decided 20.6.2025 by Subhash Vidyarthi, J. Defendants (Ram Dulari and 2 others) sought an Article 227 direction to the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Hawali, Lucknow to decide preliminary issues framed on 09.11.2024 in Civil Suit No.256 of 2023 (Vishram v. Ram Dulari). Court declined: petitioners are in possession, status-quo causes no prejudice, no counter claim filed, trial courts overburdened; improper to direct speedy disposal of a 2023 suit. Keywords: Article 227; expeditious disposal refused; preliminary issues; status quo; temporary injunction; overburdened trial courts; Civil Suit No. 256 of 2023.
What did the court decide?
The petitioners are in possession of the property in dispute, the status-quo order therefore causes them no apparent prejudice, and they (defendants) have filed no counter claim; hence no prejudice is caused to them by pendency of the civil suit.