Allahabad High Court Imposes Rs 10K Cost On Plea For Speedy Disposal Of Bail Application Which Was Not Filed
Live LawThe Bench of Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta dismissed the plea while noting, " is praying for a direction for speedy disposal of the bail application when the petitioners are not in jail, nor any bail application at their behest is pending before any court of law." The Prayer of the Plea The relief claimed in the instant petition was as follows: - "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the court below to consider and dispose of the bail application of the applicant expeditiously if possible on same day in First Information Report dated 29.07.2018, registered as Case Crime no. On a query made by the Court as to before which court the bail application was pending, for which direction was being sought for speedy disposal, the counsel for the petitioners stated before the Court that "so far no bail application has been filed." In response to this, the Court remarked, " In such circumstances, filing of the instant petition, praying for a direction for speedy disposal of the bail application when the petitioners are not in jail, nor any bail application at their behest is pending before any court of law, amounts to gross abuse of the process of law. "