Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:82072 Court No. - 81 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5076 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Ambe Gupta Respondent :- Anil Kumar Gupta And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Brijesh Kumar Mishra Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. This petition has been filed seeking direction to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Agra to decide the Case No. 2954 of 2019 (Smt. Ambe Gupta Vs. Anil Kumar Gupta and another), under Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act, within stipulated period. 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 :- 17.5.2025 Shivani Digitally signed by :- SHIVANI SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad