Allahabad High Court
LALU SONKAR @ ANILversusSMT. MEENA SONKAR
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The High Court directed the Civil Judge (Junior Division) City Varanasi to decide the temporary injunction application within eight months, thereby disposing of the writ petition.
Summary
The petitioner, Lalu Sonkar, filed a writ petition under Article 227 seeking a direction to the Civil Judge (Junior Division) of Varanasi to decide a temporary injunction application filed by the respondent, Meena Sonkar, in suit O.S. 2880 of 2024. The petitioner argued that the injunction application, dated 13 November 2024, was pending and required expeditious disposal. The Court noted that keeping the writ petition pending served no useful purpose while the underlying suit was still pending. Consequently, the Court disposed of the writ petition, directing the lower court to decide the injunction application within eight months of receiving the certified copy of the order, without unnecessary adjournments, subject to any legal impediment. The order was signed by Justice Vikas Budhwar on 7 May 2026.
Issues considered
- What authority does a High Court have under Article 227 to direct a subordinate civil court to decide a pending injunction application expeditiously?
Subjects
- Article 227
- writ petition
- temporary injunction
- expeditious disposal
- civil court direction
- High Court of Allahabad
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 6399 of 2026
Lalu Sonkar @ Anil
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Smt. Meena Sonkar
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Dinesh Kumar Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) :
Court No. - 5
HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. Heard.
2. In view of the order, which is being proposed to be passed today, notices
are not being issued to the respondents.
3. The solitary relief claimed in the present writ petition for a writ, order or
direction to the Civil Judge (Junior Division) City Varanasi to expeditiously
decide the temporary injunction application 6Ga dated 13.11.2024 in O.S.
2880 of 2024 (Meena Sonkar Vs. Lalu Sonkar), pending before it within
stipulated time, as may deem fit and proper by this Hon'ble Court.
4. Learned counsel prayed that the said suit may be decided, expeditiously.
5. Since the above-mentioned case is pending, no useful purpose would be
served in keeping this petition pending.
6. In view of the above, this writ petition stands disposed of with a direction
to the Civil Judge (Junior Division) City Varanasi to expeditiously decide
the temporary injunction application 6Ga dated 13.11.2024 in O.S. 2880 of
2024 (Meena Sonkar Vs. Lalu Sonkar), in accordance with law,
expeditiously, within a period of eight months from the date of presentation
of the certified copy of the order without granting unnecessary adjournments
subject to legal impediment.
May 7, 2026
Ashu
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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