Ritika Poddar v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(CRL) 1968/2026, High Court of Delhi, decided 09.07.2026 by Justice Manoj Jain. Petitioner Ritika Poddar v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr. Keywords: expedite disposal of application; registration of FIR; Action Taken Report (ATR); direction to Trial Court; two-month timeline; no merits observation; I.O. to appear on next date of hearing. Short administrative-direction order useful when citing precedent for expediting pre-FIR registration applications pending before trial courts; contains no statutory or precedential discussion.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the learned Trial Court to decide the pending application seeking registration of FIR as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two months from the date it takes up the matter for hearing; no merits observations made. ¶¶19