21.09.2026 Sl. No.1024. D/L. Mithun. Ct.No.29. CRR/4014/2026 Ruma Ray Vs. Rajarshi Ray Mr. Subrata Guha Biswas, Mr. Sandipan Maity …for the petitioner Petitioner herein is aggrieved by the inordinate delay caused in disposal of her prayer for interim maintenance. Learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner/wife filed application under Section 125 of the Cr.P.C., being M.C. No.79 of 2022 on 1st March, 2022 along with a prayer for interim maintenance. The petitioner’s aforesaid prayer for interim maintenance has not yet been disposed of and is pending for about 4½ year in spite of the fact that both the parties have already filed affidavit of assets and liabilities before the Court below. Having heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, it appears that the prayer made by the petitioner for expeditious disposal is innocuous and if it is allowed in terms of the prayer made in the application, the opposite party will have no cause to prejudice and, as such, the service of copy of application upon the opposite party is dispensed with. Having considered submission made on behalf of the petitioner that her application for interim maintenance is pending for more than 4 ½ year, I find that the prayer made by the 2 petitioner is justified and is required to be allowed to secure the ends of justice. In view of above, the instant application being CRR 4014 of 2026 is hereby disposed of with a direction upon the Court below to dispose of petitioner’s prayer for interim maintenance on the next date, i.e.07.12.2026 or within a period of 30 days thereafter. 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. )