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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:128219 Court No. - 85 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 8190 of 2025 Petitioner :- Vipul Pratap Singh Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Tiwari 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 Additional Court, Varanasi to decide the Complaint No. 118187 of 2023 ( Vipul Pratap Singh vs. Avinash Prakash) under Section 138 of N.I. Act, Police Station Cantt, District Varanasi, within a 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 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 Aditya Tripathi Digitally signed by :- ADITYA TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad