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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:127889 Court No. - 85 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 8153 of 2025 Petitioner :- Devendra Singh Respondent :- State Of Up And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kailash Nath Singh 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 also perused the record. The present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking direction to the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-Ist, Court No. 12, District Jaunpur to conclude the Case No. 1938 of 2023 (Devendra Vs. Abhishek ) under Section 138 of the N.Il. Act, Police Station Jalalpur, District Jaunpur. 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 writ petition stands disposed of finally.
Order Date :- 31.7.2025 Puspendra Digitally signed by :- PUSPENDRA NARAYAN SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad