https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=771466 A constitutional court may direct time-bound disposal of a pending complaint only in exceptional circumstances, where the record shows persistent delay tactics and repeated abuse of adjournments. In the described matter, successive applications and adjournment requests were used to postpone final arguments after defence evidence had closed, justifying a strict trial-management direction. The court therefore required the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act to be decided within one month, disallowed further adjournments for final arguments, and required pending applications to be taken up the same day. en-us Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 27 May 2025 08:32:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=771466 A constitutional court may direct time-bound disposal of a pending complaint only in exceptional circumstances, where the record shows persistent delay tactics and repeated abuse of adjournments. In the described matter, successive applications and adjournment requests were used to postpone final arguments after defence evidence had closed, justifying a strict trial-management direction. The court therefore required the complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act to be decided within one month, disallowed further adjournments for final arguments, and required pending applications to be taken up the same day. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=771466