Nirmal Kumar Acharya v. Gurupada Acharya and Ors.
Constitution of India, Article 227 – Expeditious disposal of pending appeal
Case brief
What is this about?
CO 207 of 2025 (decided 19.06.2025, Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.): Article 227 petition by plaintiff seeking expeditious disposal of Misc. Case No. 15 of 2018, a miscellaneous appeal pending since 2018 before the Additional District Judge, 2nd Court, Tamluk, where the opposite parties allegedly took repeated adjournments; court disposed of the application with a request to hear and decide the appeal preferably within one year from the next date fixed without unnecessary adjournments; no notice issued on opposite parties.
What did the court decide?
Request to the learned Additional District Judge, 2nd Court, Tamluk to take up the hearing of the miscellaneous appeal (Misc. Case No. 15 of 2018), if otherwise ready for hearing, and to make an endeavour to dispose of it as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of one year from the next date fixed, without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.