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Tapati Das (Mondal) v. State of West Bengal and Anr.

Calcutta HC13 Jul 2026CRR/2525/2026

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What is this about?

Enhancement of maintenance; Section 127(1) Code of Criminal Procedure; expeditious disposal; nine-year pendency since 24.08.2017; Sections 401 and 482 CrPC; Section 528 BNSS 2023; Calcutta High Court Criminal Revisional Jurisdiction; CRR 2525 of 2026; Tapati Das (Mondal); direction to court below; thirty days from next date of hearing; ends of justice; Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J.; service dispensed with.

What did the court decide?

Prayer for expeditious disposal allowed; service of copy on the opposite party dispensed with; Court below / Court-in-Charge directed to dispose of the petitioner's Section 127(1) CrPC enhancement-of-maintenance application filed on 24th August, 2017 within thirty days from the next date of hearing. ¶13

Tapati Das (Mondal) Vs State of West Bengal and Anr. — Calcutta HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner's prayer for expeditious disposal of her application under Section 127(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking enhancement of maintenance, pending since 24th August, 2017, should be allowed.

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Court's answer

The prayer made by the petitioner for expeditious disposal of the pending Section 127(1) CrPC application is justified and required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice.

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Ratio / Principle

Service of a copy of the application upon the opposite party is dispensed with, since allowing the innocuous prayer would cause the opposite party no prejudice.

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Key takeaways

The instant application CRR 2525 of 2026 is disposed of with a direction upon the Court below or the Court-in-Charge of the Court below to dispose of the petitioner's Section 127(1) CrPC application.ratio¶13
The time limit fixed for disposal of the Section 127(1) application is thirty days from the next date of hearing.ratio¶13

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Criminal Revision (Calcutta High Court, Appellate Side) — CRR 2525 of 2026, decided 13.7.2026 by Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J. — Application under Sections 401 read with Section 482 CrPC (corresponding to Section 528 BNSS) by Tapati Das (Mondal) praying for expeditious disposal of her application under Section 127(1) CrPC for enhancement of maintenance, pending since 24th August, 2017 (about nine years). Held: prayer innocuous and justified; service of copy on the opposite party dispensed with; CRR disposed of with direction upon the Court below / Court-in-Charge to dispose of the enhancement application within thirty days from the next date of hearing, to secure the ends of justice.

Tapati Das (Mondal) v. State of West Bengal and Anr.

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