- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:29998 WP No. 19257 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 4TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA WRIT PETITION NO. 19257 OF 2025 (GM-CPC) BETWEEN: SRI HARILAL MOHAN LALA PIPALIYA, ALSO KNOWN AS SHRI HARILAL MOHANLAL MISTRY, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS, RESIDING AT NUMBER 36, SRIJI KRUPA, 14TH MAIN, 19 CROSS, HSR LAYOUT, BENGALURU – 560 102. REPRESENTED BY GPA HOLDER SHRI RAHUL HARILAL PIPALIYA, S/O SRI HARILAL MOHAN LAL PIPALIYA, AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, SREEJI KRUPA, 14TH MAIN, 19TH CROSS, HSR LAYOUT, BENGALURU – 560 102. …PETITIONER (BY MISS. RACHANA R., ADVOCATE FOR SRI.S.GURU PRASANNA, ADVOCATE) AND: SRI. JASTI KISHORE, S/O SRI. NAGESWARA RAO, AGED ABOUT 45 YEARS, FLAT NO 35, 100 FT INNER ROAD, KORAMANGALA, SRINIVAGALU LAYOUT, BENGALURU – 560 047. ALSO AT- NO. 27, AVS COMPOUND, Digitally signed by NAGAVENI Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:29998 WP No. 19257 of 2025 80 FEET ROAD, 4TH BLOCK, KORAMANGALA, BENGALURU – 560 034. …RESPONDENT THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING DIRECTION TO THE LXXXII ADDITIONAL CITY CIVIL AND SESSIONS JUDGE CCH 83 COMMERCIAL COURT, BENGALURU, TO EXPEDITE THE DISPOSAL OF COMMERCIAL OS NO.194/2023, GIVEN THE PROLONGED PENDENCY AND THE RESULTANT PREJUDICE CAUSED TO THE PETITIONER AND ETC. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA ORAL ORDER The petitioner is before this Court seeking the following prayers: "1. Issue a Writ of Mandamus or Direction to the LXXXII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge, CCH 83, Commercial Court, Bengaluru, to expedite the disposal of Commercial O.S.No.194 of 2023, given the prolonged pendency and the resultant prejudice caused to the petitioner. 2. Any other reliefs which this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to grant in the facts and circumstance of the case and in the interest of justice." 2. Heard Miss.Rachana R., learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and have perused the material on record. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:29998 WP No. 19257 of 2025 3. The petitioner is the plaintiff in Com.O.S.No.194/2023. Learned counsel for the petitioner takes this Court through the order sheet maintained before the concerned Court only to demonstrate that the Court has gone on adjourning the matter without deciding the issue. 4. In the light of the suit being pending for the last two years, which ought to have been disposed by 18 months to the maximum, I deem it appropriate to direct the concerned Court to conclude the proceedings within an outer limit of four months from the date of receipt of the copy of the order. Ordered accordingly and Writ Petition is disposed. SD/- (M.NAGAPRASANNA) JUDGE CBC List No.: 1 Sl No.: 39