Pratima Banerjee and Ors. v. Sujit Banerjee
Case brief
What is this about?
Expedition of pending civil trial; Article 227 petition by plaintiffs; Title Suit No. 60 of 2013; Civil Judge (Sr. Division), Sealdah; pending Section 10 CPC application; suit pending since 2013; target disposal by end of 2026; no unnecessary adjournments; no notice issued on opposite party.
What did the court decide?
No notice directed on the opposite party; petitioners' advocate-on-record obliged to forward a copy of the application and order to the opposite party or its advocate before the trial judge; learned Civil Judge (Sr. Division), Sealdah requested to take up and dispose of the pending Section 10 CPC application on the next date fixed if ready, and thereafter to endeavour to dispose of Title Suit No. 60 of 2013 as expeditiously as possible, preferably by the end of the year 2026, without unnecessary adjournments. ¶14