IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 10-02-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA S.Sakthivel ..Petitioner Vs M.Raja Muthaiya ..Respondent Prayer: Criminal Original Petition is filed under Section 528 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to direct the Judicial Magistrate No.V, Salem to dispose of the case in S.T.C.No.2167 of 2025 within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Kanmani Annamalai

ORDER

This criminal original petition has been filed by the petitioner/de facto complainant seeking expeditious disposal of S.T.C.No.2167 of 2025 pending on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate No.V, Salem, within a stipulated time.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the materials available on record.

3. It is pertinent to state that a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, in the case of High Court Bar Association, Allahabad vs. State of Uttar Pradesh reported in (2024) 6 SCC 267, has held that the constitutional courts, in the ordinary course, should refrain from fixing a time-bound schedule for the disposal of cases pending before any other court. The relevant portion of the said decision for the sake of r