Dismissed
Sohrat v. Civil Judge Junior Division Utraula Distt. Balrampur and 4 Others
Allahabad HCA227/5138/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
An Article 227 petition seeking speedy disposal of a criminal trial concerning dowry cruelty charges pending before the Civil Judge at Utraula. Citing precedent that judges cannot be made respondents in petitions, the court instructed removal of the judicial officer's name from the petitioner's list and dismissed the plea for expedited hearing as premature.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed; petitioner directed to remove respondent No. 1 (Civil Judge) from the petition and incorporate amendment forthwith.