Yadunath v. Addl. Distt. Judge / Prevention Corruption Lko and 9 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Article 227 writ petition; expedited/time-bound disposal of pending civil appeal; six-month deadline direction to appellate court; restraint on adjournments (exceptional circumstances only); Regular Civil Appeal No. 02 of 2022 (Smt. Krishna Kumari and another v. Yadunath and others); judgment and decree dated 05.12.2022 by Additional Civil Judge (JD), Court No. 49, Lucknow; appeal pending since 2022 before Additional District Judge/Special Judge, P.C. Act-8, Lucknow; ripe for final argument since 22.08.2023; delay caused by adjournments at instance of opposite parties; notices to respondents dispensed with; petition disposed of (not quashed/remanded); Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; single-judge bench (Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, J.); decided November 15, 2025; no monetary quantum involved; no precedent cited or relied upon.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Additional District Judge/P.C. Act, 8th, Lucknow to dispose of Regular Civil Appeal No. 02 of 2022 (Smt. Krishna Kumari and another versus Yadunath and others) strictly in accordance with law after affording opportunity of hearing, expeditiously and preferably within six months from receipt of a certified copy of the order, unless there is any legal impediment; no unnecessary adjournments to either party, adjournments only in exceptional circumstances. Notices to respondents dispensed with.