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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:85728 Court No. - 81 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 15634 of 2024 Petitioner :- Girish Kumar Dwivedi Respondent :- Atul Mani Tiwari Counsel for Petitioner :- Farhin Sahiba,Ghanshyam Pandey Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A for the State and also perused the record. The present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking direction upon the learned court/Judicial Magistrate, Room No.4, Allahabad to decide pending Complaint Case No. 539 of 2019 (Girish Kumar Dwivedi vs. Atul Mani Tiwari) under Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act, Police Station Civil Lines, District Prayagraj expeditiously within the period as specified by this Hon'ble Court. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that Section 143(3) of Negotiable Instrument Act clearly provides expeditious disposal of cases filed under Section 138 of N.I. Act. Expeditious disposal of a case is the right of every litigant and it is expected from every Court to endeavour to dispose of a case pending before it, expeditiously. Learned AGA has no objection in this regard. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submission made by learned counsel for petitioner, it is expedient to direct the court concerned to make its endeavour to decide the aforesaid case in terms of the provision under Section 143(3) of Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881, as expeditiously as possible, without granting any unnecessary or long adjournments to either of the parties, from the date of production of a certified copy of this
order, if there is no other legal impediment. With the aforesaid directions, the petition stands disposed of finally.
Order Date :- 21.5.2025 Puspendra Digitally signed by :- PUSPENDRA NARAYAN SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad