Neelam Mishra and Another v. Additional Civil Judge Junior Division Pratapgarh and 5 Others

Court No. - 18 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 5700 of 2023 Petitioner :- Neelam Mishra And Another Respondent :- Additional Civil Judge Junior Division Pratapgarh And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Gunjan Pandey,Rishabh Srivastava Hon'ble Saurabh Lavania,J.

¶1Heard.

¶2In view of order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the private-respondent(s) is hereby dispensed with.

¶3Taking note of the fact, as stated by learned counsel for the petitioner, particularly the period of pendency of the Suit No. 11/2010 (Harishankar Vs. Ravishankar) i.e. about thirteen years, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the Trial Court to decide the suit, most expeditiously, after affording full opportunity of hearing to the parties to the litigation and without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either party preferably within a period of one and a half years from the next date fixed in the case, if possible and if there is no other legal impediment in this regard.

¶4The benefit of the order would be available to the petitioner if he would appear on the each date fixed in the case.

¶5It is made clear that the Court has not examined the case of either of the parties on merits and the authority/court concerned shall be free to decide the matter strictly in accordance with law. Order Date :- 7.11.2023/Mohit Singh/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench