Malti Traders through Proprietor Malti Pandey v. Kishan Sonkar
Case brief
What is this about?
Expedition/speed-up application under Section 529 BNSS concerning a pending Section 138 NI Act (cheque-dishonour) prosecution; applicant Malti Traders through proprietor Malti Pandey; opposite party Kishan Sonkar; target forum Upper Civil Judge (JD), Room No. 7, Varanasi; pending case No. 77588 of 2024; court refused a stipulated-time direction citing heavy caseload but urged expeditious disposal without unnecessary adjournments; DISMISSED on 08-08-2025 by Judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav (Court No. 83); counsel named: Shyam Murari Upadhyay (header) and Kunwar Mayank Singh (heard in court); Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:134538.
What did the court decide?
No ground existed to issue an order directing the trial court to decide this particular pending case within a stipulated time, since a large number of cases were pending before the trial court awaiting their logical conclusion.