Allahabad High Court
Amit Soni @ Ankit vs Shri Ankit Raj Singh,Civil Judge( ... on 12 April, 2022
Bench: Rohit Ranjan Agarwal
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
?Court No. - 10
Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 1365 of 2022
Applicant :- Amit Soni @ Ankit
Opposite Party :- Shri Ankit Raj Singh,Civil Judge( J D) Court No. 22
Counsel for Applicant :- Sanjay Kumar Singh
Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.
1. Office report dated 07.04.2022 indicates that the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Deoria through District Judge, Deoria has submitted his report, which is taken on record.
2. From the perusal of report, it transpires that on the date fixed in the matter, the advocates were on strike. The report also indicates that due to Covid 19, the matter could not be taken up. The explanation so furnished through the report of the concerned Judicial Officer is accepted.
3. The Division Bench of this Court in case of Ali Shad Usmani vs. Ali Isteba, 2015 (2) ADJ 250 (DB) has held that no direction can be issued to the sub-ordinate courts for deciding the suit within stipulated period. Relevant portion of the judgment is extracted hereasunder:-
"We are not inclined to issue a direction for the expeditious hearing of a Civil Suit which is pending before the Civil Judge (Junior Division), District-Azamgarh. It would be most inappropriate to Court to entertain a writ petition under Article 226 and/or under Article 227 of the Constitution simply for the purpose of expediting the hearing of a suit. Such orders, if granted, place a class of litigants, who move the court in a separate and preferential category whereas other cases which may be of similar or greater antiquity and urgency are left to be decided in the normal channel. Hence, any such direction may be issued with the greatest care and circumspection by the High Court otherwise the Civil Courts will be overburdened only with requests for expeditious disposal of suits, which have been expedited by the High Court. Most of the litigants cannot afford the expense of moving the High court and would not, therefore, be in a position to have the benefit of such an order.
Ultimately, it must be left to the judicious exercise of discretion of the concerned Court to determine whether a ground for urgency has been made out. We emphasize that there may be other cases such as involving senior citizens, those who are differently abled or people suffering from a particular disablilty socio-economic or otherwise which may prime cause of urgent disposal. It is for the learned Trial Judge in each case to apply his or her mind and decide whether the hearing of the suit to be expedited.
For these reasons, we are not inclined to entertain the petition. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. There shall be no order as to cost."
4. In view of the Division Bench judgment of this Court in the case of Ali Shad Usmani (supra), the contempt application is dismissed.
Order Date :- 12.4.2022
SK Goswami
