2022 (6) TMI 36

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....l for the applicant, Shri Ravikant Kushwaha, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. By way of present application, a prayer has been made to direct the trial court to expedite the proceedings of Complaint Case No. 13996 of 2020 (Dharamveer Singh Gurjar v. Alok Kumar Tyagi), under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, pertaining to Police Station-Kharkhauda, District....

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....edite the proceedings of the case and decide the same within stipulated period of time. Per contra, learned A.G.A. submitted that the complaint was filed by applicant in September, 2019 and after that Covid-19 Pandemic emerged therefore, it appears that only due to this reason the complaint filed by applicant could not be decided by the court below till date but he could not dispute the fact th....

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....n six months from the date of filing of the complaint and further Constitution Bench of the Apex Court in Re: Expeditious Trial of Cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 [Suo Motu Writ Petition (Criminal) No. 2 of 2020], also directed to expedite the proceedings pending under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act therefore, in view of the matter trial court is direc....