Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:85966 Court No. - 81 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 15821 of 2024 Petitioner :- Nitin Gupta Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Manoranjan Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. The present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking direction to the Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division), II, Court No. 2, Kanpur Nagar to decide and dispose of the Complaint No. 142263 of 2023, Nitin Gupta Vs. Mohd. Asif Raja, under Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act, Police Station-Anwarganj, District-Kanpur Nagar. 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 the NI Act. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this petition is finally disposed of with a direction to the court concerned to decide the aforesaid case in spirit of provisions of Section 143(3) of Negotiable Instruments Act as expeditiously as possible, after giving opportunity of hearing to both the parties, 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. Order Date :- 21.5.2025 Shivani Digitally signed by :- SHIVANI SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad