Siddhartha Roy v. Surojit Paul
Case brief
What is this about?
Corrective/modification order dated 01.07.2025 by Dinesh Kumar Sharma, J. in CRR 794 of 2025 with CRR 795 of 2025 (Siddhartha Roy; Arnab Chatterjee). Earlier order dated 19.05.2025 had disposed of both CRRs with effective order only in CRR 795 of 2025; held to be inadvertent error; modified order directs expeditious trial and no unnecessary adjournments in A.C. Case no. 4761 of 2018 (T.R. No. 1026 of 2018) and A.C. Case No. 4851 of 2018 (T.R. No. 1045 of 2018) under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, pending before Judicial Magistrate, 5th Court, South 24 Parganas. Keywords: Section 138 NI Act; cheque dishonour; expeditious disposal; expedite trial; adjournment; inadvertent error; modified order; affidavit of service; opposite party not appeared.
What did the court decide?
Modified order made applicable to both CRR 794 of 2025 and CRR 795 of 2025, directing expeditious trial of A.C. Case no. 4761 of 2018 (T.R. No. 1026 of 2018) and A.C. Case No. 4851 of 2018 (T.R. No. 1045 of 2018) under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act before the learned Judicial Magistrate, 5th Court, South 24 Parganas, without unnecessary adjournments; petitions stand disposed of.