Snehashis Sarkar v. Anindita Chowdhury

Item No.187 15.09.2023 Court. No. 19 GB C.O. 2736 of 2023 Snehashis Sarkar Vs.

Anindita Chowdhury Mr. Ovik Sengupta ... for the Petitioner.

By this application, the petitioner/plaintiff seeks expeditious disposal of Misc. Case No.136 of 2020 along with all pending applications, especially the application for interim custody of the child, which are pending before the learned Additional district Judge, 13th Court at Alipore. Considering the submissions, the Court is of the view that the prayer of the petitioner is innocuous. Neither party stands to lose if a proceeding is disposed of expeditiously. In fact, such expeditious disposal shall enure to the benefit of the parties and hence, there is no requirement for service of prior notice upon the opposite party.

The revisional application is disposed of with a direction upon the learned court below to dispose of all the applications according to the seriality and urgency that the applications deserve within a period of four months from the next date fixed. Thereafter, upon disposal of the applications the suit shall be disposed of within a year. Adequate opportunity shall be granted to the parties to contest the same.

This court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. The learned court shall proceed independently and in accordance with law.

A copy of the revisional application, along with a server copy of this order be served upon the opposite party and/or the learned advocate contesting the matter on behalf of the opposite party in the learned court below.

The revisional application is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.

Parties are to act on the server copy of this order. (Shampa Sarkar, J.)