Mustajaab Ahamad v. Mohammad Ahmad and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; Matters Under Article 227 No. 6020 of 2025 (decided 17-10-2025, Subhash Vidyarthi, J.). Defendant's Article 227 petition seeking direction for speedy trial of O.S. No. 180/2017 (permanent injunction suit, Barabanki; interim status quo order dated 14.04.2017) dismissed: petitioner himself had not filed written statement till 20.01.2024 with no indication of later filing; no relief for a litigant whose own default delays the suit. No precedent discussed; no costs or quantum.
What did the court decide?
As recorded from the order-sheet, the petitioner-defendant had not filed his written statement in O.S. No. 180 of 2017 up to 20.01.2024, and neither the writ petition nor the order-sheet discloses that it was filed at any time thereafter. ¶11