Court exercises jurisdiction under Article 227 to ensure timely resolution of domestic violence cases.

JUDGMENT

Dated this the 2^nd day of March, 2026 The respondents 4 & 5 in M.C.No.21/2024 pending before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Tirur, filed this OP(Crl) under Article 227 of the Constitution of India praying for setting aside Ext.P3 order passed by the learned Magistrate in CMP.No.442/2024, which is an order under Section 23 (1) of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act .

2. When this matter was taken up for arguments, after hearing the learned counsel on both sides, it appears that, a direction to the learned Magistrate to dispose the M.C.No.21/2024 in a time bound manner will serve the purpose and both sides are also amenable for passing such an order. In the above circumstances, a report was called for from the learned Magistrate about the time required for the disposal of M.C.No.21/2024. As per report dated 23.02.2025, the learned Magistrate requested for a period of ten months for its disposal.

Therefore, this OP(Crl) is disposed of with a direction to the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Tirur, to dispose of M.C.No.21/2024 within a period of ten months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.

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