Can an Apartment's Association, cut the water supply to an apartment due to personal animosities.?

My friend owns a 3 bed room Apartment in one of the Posh localities of the city. Unfortunately even after 18 years of its construction, the association is not Registered, and is run by some persons, who are megalomaniacs. The office bearers and some of their sycophants never used to pay the monthly maintenance charges and used to charge the other member tenants with some false expenditure to make up for the deficit. The Tenants who had rented the apartment left without paying the amounts and nothing could be done by this self styled Association. My friend, being the owner, refused to pay the amount charged by them illegally. In fact, they had the audacity to claim the amount without issuing a proper bill which was always unsigned. My friend got some of the bills signed by them. Moreover, they never issued any receipt for the amounts paid and started acting like as they were the controllers of the Apartment complex. Two years back, they cut off the water supply to my friends apartment without any notice, either oral or written. My friend lodged a Police complaint, but as you know the Police in India are an ineffective lot and some amount changed hands under the table and they just kept quiet. He repeated the complaints thrice and finally on the third occasion, an educated and polite Sub Inspector of Police( a rare breed) advised him to lodge a civil suit claiming damages. After 15 months my friend lodged a civil suit seeking restoration of the water supply and damages for the physical and mental agony suffered by him. Fortunately for him, he was able to submit all the relevant evidence, and the case was very much in his favour. During the tenure of the case, these defendant submitted a false and fabricated certificate of registration, which was proved as invalid by a letter from the Registrar. It has been more than 15 months since my friend filed the complaint and all the hearings are over about 4 months back, and he is waiting for the verdict. He has been subjected to a lot of inconvenience due to the cutting off of the water supply. In the meantime, these megalomaniacs are sending out feelers to settle the matter out of court. But my friend is made of sterner stuff, he wants justice in the matter, having endured the hardships for nearly 32 months. My friend knows justice will be done, but the delay in the verdict is causing a lot of hardship to all his family members, who have supported him all along. Why is the legal procedure so slow in our country, even when a fundamental right, like right to water is violated. It comes under the purview of Section 12 of our Constitution, and is classified under right to Life.My friends lawyer is a lawyer of repute and very sincere in his efforts. But the legal system is very slow in its functioning, and no wonder that there are a huge backlog of pending civil cases. My friend had submitted affidavits explaining his problems about the delay, as he is still suffering as he has to make alternate arrangements for his water needs. Is there any way in which the verdict can be quickened. My friend would be grateful if a learned lawyer will be able to provide the answer. Just hope that a lot of respectable and learned persons view this letter and treat it as a cry for Justice.