Sangita Mandal v. State Of West Bengal And ANR

16.01.2023 Sl. No. 104 Srimanta Ct.No. 42 CRR/3731/2022 In the matter of : Sangita Mandal nee Sarkar Mr. Pawan Kumar Gupta, Adv., Mr. Suman Pathak, Adv., Ms. Sofia Nesar, Adv., Mr. Santanu Sett, Adv., Mr. Abhijit Bose, Adv.

...for the petitioner.

Mr. Madhusudan Sur, Adv.

...for the State.

The petitioner is the wife of the opposite party no. 2 in the year 2018. She filed an application under Section 12 read with other cognate provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act in the Court of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that though an order of interim monetary relief was passed in the year 2019, the application has not been finally heard as yet. In the meantime, four years have elapsed.

Under such circumstances, the Trial Court is directed to dispose of the aforementioned application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act within six months from the date of communication of this order positively.

The petitioner is at liberty to act on the server copy of the order.

The application is, thus, disposed of.

[ ( Bibek Chaudhuri, J. )