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2025 DAILYLAW 9898 (UTT)

BHAJAN SINGH v. JOGENDRA NATH

WPMS/2355/2025 · 2025-08-21

Pankaj Purohit

Criminal Appealbody2025

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2025:UHC:7382 SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS WPMS No.2355 of 2025 Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. Mr. Mohd. Umar, learned counsel for petitioner. 2. Mr. Anil Dabral, learned Additional C.S.C. with Mr. Sudhir Nailwal, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/respondent Nos.4 to 6. 3. The prayer made in this writ petition is to direct the learned Civil Judge (Junior Division), Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar, to decide and conclude the proceedings of application paper No.6c filed under Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, along with Original Suit No.14 of 2024, Bhajan Singh vs. Jogendra Nath and Others, as expeditiously as possible. 4. Of-late, the Apex Court in the case of ‘Sangram Sadashiv Suryavanshi v. State of Maharashtra’ (Criminal Appeal No.4758 of 2024 decided on 25.11.2024 [2024 INSC 899]) has held that Constitutional courts may issue directions for the time- bound disposal of cases only in exceptional circumstances. The issue of prioritizing the disposal of cases should be best left to the decision of the courts concerned where the cases are pending. 2025:UHC:7382 5. In view of the aforesaid legal authority, the Court finds that the present case does not fall within the category of ‘exceptional circumstances’. 6. Accordingly, the present writ petition is dismissed in-limine. 7. Pending application if any, stands disposed of. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 21.08.2025 PN PREETI NEGI Digitally signed by PREETI NEGI DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=63c75a8c4765581180a58d7478fadbe38331bac55c78b5f9f0276c16432f6 aab, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2BA53171893B3C3CB3CCCAE81FAE064498483A83D84BDB0F9229 D5BF08D959AC, cn=PREETI NEGI Date: 2025.08.21 16:19:43 +05'30'