UKHC010125662026 2026:UHC:6156 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS C528/1553/2026 Badal Verma --Applicant Versus Radha --Respondent Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. By the instant application, preferred under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023, the applicant is praying for expeditious disposal of Complaint Case No. 2105 of 2024 (Badal Verma vs. Smt. Radha) under Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘N.I. Act’) pending in the court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Roorkee, District Haridwar within a stipulated time. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that present applicant filed a Complaint Case No. 2105 of 2024 (Badal Verma vs. Smt. Radha) under Section 138 of the NI Act against respondent on 01.07.2024 and thereafter on 23.07.2024 summon was issued to respondent. On 25.03.2025 respondent surrendered before the Magistrate and on the same date she was bailed out. Thereafter, respondent sought regular adjournment on one pretext to another. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that he has initiated the proceeding under Section 138 N.I. Act in the year of 2024, which was registered as Complaint Case No. 2105 of 2024 (Badal Verma vs. Smt. Radha) but respondent is adopting delaying tactics. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant placed reliance on Section 143(3) of the N.I. Act, which UKHC010125662026 2026:UHC:6156 reads as under:- “143. Power of Court to try cases summarily.— (1) … (2) … (3) Every trial under this section shall be conducted as expeditiously as possible and an endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within six months from the date of filing of the complaint.” 6. As it appears from Section 143 (3) of the N.I. Act, every trial shall be concluded as expeditiously as possible and an endeavour shall be made to conclude the trial within six months from the date of filing of the complaint, whereas in this case, the complaint was filed in the year 2024 and the order-sheet of the said complaint case reveals that on a number of dates the case was listed, but for some reason or the other, it has been adjourned and has not been decided as yet, and no attempts are being made for expediting this proceeding. This is certainly against the mandate of Section 143(3) of the N.I. Act. Therefore, I direct the Court concerned to expedite the proceeding of Complaint Case No. 2105 of 2024 (Badal Verma vs. Smt. Radha) under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, as early as possible after taking into consideration the mandate of Section 143 (3) of the N.I. Act and the same be concluded positively within a period of nine months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. 7. In view of this, the present C-528 petition is disposed of. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 21.07.2026 PR UKHC010125662026 2026:UHC:6156