Calling it a very sad state of affairs, the Allahabad High Court criticised several advocates for not assisting the court fairly.

The court made the observation while hearing a petition filed by Saba alias Saba Siddiqui seeking directions to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Bahraich for expeditious disposal of her case seeking maintenance from her husband.

Saba had filed her petition on June 7, 2023. On March 12 this year, the family court passed an order granting her interim maintenance. The matter was fixed for May 23 for evidence.

Saba’s lawyers approached the HC for her petition to be expedited.

When the petition came up on September 16, the High Court noted several deficiencies. The May 23 order was missing from the record, and the orders passed by the trial court were annexed i

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