Hon’ble Allahabad High Court while dealing with a petition here on 05-02-2019 in the case of “Bharat Gupta v. Civil Judge And Another” stated that if no useful purpose is to be served, the petition shall not be kept pending.
BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE
The petition was filed in lieu of the earlier case in the lower court, Petition No.30 of 2017 (Bharat Gupta vs. Kannu Priya) under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, pending in the court of Principal Judge, Family Court, Hapur, District Hapur to be decided within a time bound period.
DECISION OF THE COURT
Hon’ble High court held that if as per the facts and substances of the case, no useful purpose will be served by keeping a petition pending then such petition shall not be kept pending.
Court further ordered the lower court to decide the aforesaid case in accordance with law, expeditiously preferably within six months from the date of presentation of a certified copy of this order, without granting any unnecessary adjournment to either of the parties.
Read the full Judgement Here-
http://elegalix.allahabadhighcourt.in/elegalix/WebDownloadJudgmentDocument.do?judgmentID=6981873
