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Court No. - 85 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 9237 of 2025 Petitioner :- Arif Khan Respondent :- Ravi Khurana Counsel for Petitioner :- Akanksha Gaur Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. The present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been filed with prayer to direct the learned Additional Civil Judge (J.D.), Hapur to decide the Case No. 43 of 2018 (Arif Khan vs. Ravi Khurana) expeditiously 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 :- 20.8.2025 Aditya Tripathi Digitally signed by :- ADITYA TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- ADITYA TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad