A criminal writ petition was filed before the Delhi High Court for a direction under Article 227 of the Constitution read for the expeditious and time-bound disposal of an application dated 08-04-2024 seeking vacation of the interim stay granted by an order dated 01-12-2023 in a complaint case pending before the Judicial Magistrate Ist Class (Mahila Court)-02, North District Delhi.
The petitioner contended that the arguments in the said application were heard on 06-01-2026 and that the matter had remained pending for pronouncement of the order on the said application since 22-04-2026.
A Single Judge Bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora perused the order sheet filed on record and specifically the order sheet dated 22-07-2025 when the Judge had been presiding over the court. However, the Court was unable to discern the reason for non-pronouncement of the order. The Court directed the Registry to seek a report from the Judge as well as from the Chief Judicial Magistrate concerned and the District Judge regarding the averments made in the present petition and the reasons for non-pronouncement of the order.
The report was directed to be sent two days before the next date of hearing. The Court also directed the CJM and the District Judge to explain the context of the remark ‘This Court is working with only one stenographer and having pendency of more than 4500 cases’, which was mentioned in the order sheet as well as similar remarks appearing in the order of the Judge concerned.
The matter will now be listed on 03-12-2026.
