17.08.2026 Sl. No.749. D/L. Mithun. Ct.No.29. CRR/3134/2026 Sujata Mondal Vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. Mr. Sayan Sarkar …for the petitioner In this application, the petitioner has prayed for a direction upon the Court below for expeditious disposal of the proceeding being AC Case No.376 of 2018 under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, presently pending before learned Judicial Magistrate, 8th Court, Alipore Being aggrieved by the inordinate delay caused in disposal of the said proceeding, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner filed the above-mentioned application under Section 12 of the Act of 2005 on 15.02.2018 and thereafter on 28th April, 2018 she also filed one application under Section 23(1) of the Act of 2005 seeking interim protection order, residential order, monetary relief and compensation. Thereafter, the Court below disposed of the petitioner’s application under Section 23(1) of the Act of 2005 directing the opposite party no.2 to pay interim maintenance @ Rs.5,000/- per month. On 06.05.2019 the recording of evidence in connection with the above-mentioned case was initiated and P.W.1 was examined in part on 23.11.2023 and next date was fixed for further cross-examination of the P.W.1. 2 Since then the matter is pending for further cross-examination of P.W.1 and the next date has been fixed on 28th August, 2026. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, it appears that the prayer made by the petitioner is innocuous and if it is allowed in terms of the prayer made therein, the opposite party will have no cause to prejudice and, as such, service of copy of application upon the opposite party is dispensed with. Having considered submission made on behalf of the petitioner and that the proceeding has practically got stalled for about 3 years, I find that the prayer made by the petitioner is justified and is required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice. In view of above, the instant application being CRR 3134 of 2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to make every endeavour for expeditious disposal of the proceeding being AC Case No.376 of 2018 and to make his best effort to conclude the entire proceeding preferably within a period of six months from the next date of hearing. Parties to act on a server copy of this order duly collected from the official website of the Hon’ble High Court, Calcutta. ( Dr. Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee, J. )