Allahabad High Court

SMT. VERTIKA SINGHversusSTATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

Decided: 14 September 2026
Bench: SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI

Holding

The High Court exercised its authority under Section 529 to direct the Family Court to decide the pending case within six months, without addressing the merits.

Summary

The applicant, Smt. Vertika Singh, filed an application under Section 529 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking a directive to the Principal Judge of the Family Court, Kanpur Nagar, to decide a pending family law matter (Case No. 651 of 2023) filed under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The High Court noted that the case had been pending since 2023 and, without addressing the merits, exercised its power under Section 529 to order the Family Court to dispose of the matter expeditiously, preferably within six months, subject to no other legal impediment. The order was issued after the parties were heard, and the application was finally disposed of with the said direction. No substantive findings on the underlying family dispute were made.

Issues considered

Whether Section 529 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 empowers the High Court to direct a Family Court to decide a pending case within a specified time frame.
Whether the High Court can issue such a procedural direction without expressing an opinion on the merits of the underlying case.

Legislation cited

Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 529
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 125

Subjects

Section 529
Family Court
Section 125 CrPC
speedy disposal
procedural direction
High Court order

Judgment

                                              HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                     APPLICATION U/S 529 BNSS No. - 4512 of 2026

                                    Smt. Vertika Singh
                                                                                                     .....Applicant(s)
                                                                          Versus

                                    State of U.P. and Another
                                                                                                         .....Opposite
                                                                                                               Party(s)

                                    Counsel for Applicant(s)                       :   Alok Ranjan Tripathi
                                    Counsel for Opposite Party(s)                  :   G.A.

                                    Court No. - 77
                                                     HON'BLE SANJAY KUMAR PACHORI, J.

                                    Heard Sri Alok Ranjan Tripathi, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Pushpraj
                                    Singh, learned brief holder for the State and perused the material on record.

                                    The present application under Section 529 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha
                                    Sanhita, 2023 has been filed by the applicant with a prayer to issue a direction
                                    to the Principal Judge Family Court, Kanpur Nagar to decide the Case No. 651
                                    of 2023 (Smt. Vertika Singh Vs. Shailendra Singh) under Section 125 of
                                    Cr.P.C. within stipulated period.

                                    Considering the fact that the case is pending since 2023, without expressing any
                                    opinion on the merits of the case, this application is finally disposed of with a
                                    direction to the Principal Judge Family Court, Kanpur Nagar to decide the
                                    aforesaid case in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably
                                    within a period of six months, after production of certified copy of this order, if
                                    there is no other legal impediment.

                                    With the aforesaid directions, the application stands disposed of finally.




                                                                                       (Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J.)
                                    September 15, 2026
                                    Neetu




Digitally signed by :-
NEETU SINGH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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