Antareep Mahanti v. Tamal Kanti Dey and Ors.

Calcutta HC8 Feb 2024CO/220/2024

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Keywords: C.O. No. 220 of 2024; Antareep Mahanti v. Tamal Kanti Dey & Ors.; expeditious disposal of suit; time-bound direction (one year from next date fixed); Title Suit No. 14520 of 2011; Civil Judge (Senior Division), 10th Court, Alipore; peremptory hearing; no interlocutory applications pending; prior notice dispensed with; no opinion on merits; no costs; parties to act on server copy.

What did the court decide?

Direction upon the learned court below to dispose of Title Suit No. 14520 of 2011 within a year from the next date fixed, with adequate opportunity to the parties to contest; copies of the revisional application and order to be served on the opposite parties within a week; no order as to costs. ¶¶15

Antareep Mahanti Vs Tamal Kanti Dey and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2024) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the revisional court should direct expeditious disposal of Title Suit No. 14520 of 2011, pending since 2011 before the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), 10th Court, Alipore, within a fixed timeframe, dispensing with prior notice to the opposite parties.

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Ratio / Principle

The prayer of the petitioner is innocuous; neither party stands to lose and both benefit from expeditious disposal; hence no requirement for service of prior notice upon the opposite parties.

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Key takeaways

Revisional application disposed of with a direction upon the learned court below to dispose of the suit within a year from the next date fixed, granting adequate opportunity to the parties to contest.ratio¶¶11
No opinion expressed on the merits of the suit; the learned court below to proceed independently and in accordance with law.obiter¶¶12
Copies of the revisional application and of this order to be served upon the opposite parties and/or their advocate in the court below within a week.

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C.O. No. 220 of 2024 — Antareep Mahanti v. Tamal Kanti Dey & Ors.: Revisional application praying for expeditious disposal of Title Suit No. 14520 of 2011, pending before the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), 10th Court, Alipore, fixed for peremptory hearing with no interlocutory applications pending. Holding the prayer innocuous — neither party stands to lose and expeditious disposal enures to the benefit of both — the revisional court held prior notice upon the opposite parties unnecessary and disposed of the application with a direction to conclude the suit within one year from the next date fixed, granting adequate opportunity to contest. Copies of the application and order to be served on the opposite parties within a week; no order as to costs; no opinion expressed on the merits, the court below to proceed independently and in accordance with law.

Antareep Mahanti v. Tamal Kanti Dey and Ors.

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