[2026:RJ-JP:16672] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 6176/2019 Kamlesh W/o Shri Dheerj, D/o Barjmohan Sharma, Aged About 27 Years, R/o Moti Ka Nagala, PS Kumher, District Bharatpur, Present R/o Anirudh Nagar, Bharatpur, PS Mathura Gate, Bharatpur, Raj. ----Petitioner Versus Dheeraj S/o Shri Hubbalal (Husband), Aged About 26 Years, R/o Moti Ka Nagala, Tahsil Kumher, District Bharatpur, Raj. ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : None present For Respondent(s) : JUSTICE ANOOP KUMAR DHAND Order 20/04/2026 1. By way of filing the instant petition, a prayer has been made to issue directions to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate No.2, District Bharatpur to decide the application filed by the petitioner under Section 23 of the Domestic Violence Act in the complaint proceedings bearing No.978/2018 instituted by the petitioner under Section 12 of Domestic Violence Act. 2. It appears that the aforesaid complaint has been filed by the petitioner in the year 2018. Since the proceedings of the complaint did not proceeded expeditiously, the petitioner has approached this Court by way of filing the instant petition seeking directions to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate No.2, District Bharatpur to decide the said complaint within a period of two months. [2026:RJ-JP:16672] (2 of 2) [CRLMP-6176/2019] 3. The directions sought for in the instant petition cannot be granted by this Court in light of the judgment passed by the Hon’ble Apex Court in case of High Court Bar Association, Allahabad Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. reported in (2024) 6 SCC 267, whereby the Hon’ble Apex Court has deprecated the practice of Constitutional Courts issuing such direction to the Trial Courts to speed up the proceedings of pending cases in a fixed timeline. 4. Looking to the fact that the compliant is lying pending before the court below since last more than 8 to 9 years, it is expected from the learned Magistrate to make all possible endeavors to decide the pending complaint expeditiously, as early as possible in the best interest of both sides. (ANOOP KUMAR DHAND),J Shivam/21