Court No. - 4 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 1204 of 2025 Petitioner :- Anupam Vijay Gupta Alias Anupam Vijay Respondent :- Sumit Agrawal Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashish Agrawal Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard Sri Ankur Mehrotra, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. By means of this petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution, petitioner wants expeditious disposal of S.C.C. Suit No. 18 of 2018,Anupam Vijay gupta@ Anupam Vijay v. Sumit Agrawal, pending in the court of Judge Small Causes Court/ Additional Session Judge, FTC-II, Bijnor . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that after exchange of pleadings between the parties the case is at the stage of recording of evidence of the defedants. In the circumstances, the Court considers it appropriate to expedite the proceedings of the aforesaid case and accordingly, following directions are issued: (i). The defendants/ respondents shall conclude their evidence within a further period of two months and plaintiffs shall cooperate in the conclusion of defendants' evidence; and (ii). After evidence of defendants stands concluded, the court shall proceed to finally hear and decide the suit within a maximum period of two months without granting unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties and if any adjournment is granted for unavoidable circumstances, the reasons must be recorded in the order sheet. However, it is clarified that for any justifiable reasons or unavoidable circumstances, the suit proceedings are not concluded within the specified period of time as directed herein above, such delay will itself ordinarily not bind the judicial officer personally liable for contempt under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 6.2.2025 Sanjeev Digitally signed by :- SANJEEV RANJAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad