Allahabad High Court
M/S PARIDHI AUTO INDUSTRYversusMS U.S. INDUSTRIES
- Decided
- Bench
- Y K SRIVASTAVA
Holding
The High Court exercised its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 to direct the lower court to conclude the pending suit within six months, dispensing with notice to the respondent.
Summary
The petitioners, M/s Paridhi Auto Industry, filed a petition under Article 227 seeking a direction to the Additional District & Sessions Judge (Special Judge, Anti‑Corruption, Meerut) to dispose of SCC Suit No. 16 of 2024 against Ms U.S. Industries within a reasonable time. The petition highlighted repeated adjournments and hardship caused by the delay. The High Court, after hearing counsel Aishwarya Pratap Shahi and Sumit Suri, dispensed with issuing notice to the respondent and ordered the lower court to endeavour to conclude the suit preferably within six months of the certified copy of the order, without unnecessary adjournments, subject to any legal impediment. No other legal impediment was identified. The petition was consequently disposed of with the direction to expedite the pending suit.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court, exercising its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227, can direct a lower court to expedite the disposal of a pending suit?
- Whether notice to the respondent may be dispensed with in such a supervisory petition?
Subjects
- Article 227
- supervisory jurisdiction
- expeditious disposal
- adjournments
- civil procedure
- anti‑corruption court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 6412 of 2026
M/S Paridhi Auto Industry
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Ms U.S. Industries
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Aishwarya Pratap Shahi, Sumit Suri
Counsel for Respondent(s) :
Court No. - 35
HON'BLE DR. YOGENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J.
Heard Sri Aishwarya Pratap Shahi, learned counsel for the petitioner.
The present petition has been filed seeking a direction to the Additional
District & Sessions Judge/Secial Judge, Anti-Corruption
(V.B.U.P.S.F.B.), Meerut to decide SCC Suit No. 16 of 2024 (M/s Paridhi
Auto Industry vs. M/s U.S. Industries), within a stipulated time period.
The petitioner has described itself to be the landlord, plaintiff in the
pending suit.
Counsel for the petitioner has referred to the 'order sheet' of the case, a
copy whereof has been appended to the petition to point out that although
several dates have been fixed but for some reason or the other, the case
has been adjourned and the delay in disposal of the case is causing undue
hardship to the petitioner.
Accordingly, a prayer is made for a direction to conclude the proceedings
at an early date.
In view of the order proposed to be passed, issuance of notice to the
respondent is dispensed with.
Having regard to the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the present
petition is disposed of with an observation that the court concerned would
make an endeavor to conclude the proceedings of the case, which is stated
to be pending before it, preferably within a period of six months from the
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date of presentation of a certified copy of this order, without granting any
unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties, provided there is no
other legal impediment.
(Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J.)
May 7, 2026
Imroz
Digitally signed by :-
MOHAMMAD IMROZ KHAN
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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