Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 132 · Decided 14 March 2012
Ashok Sadarangani & ANR. v. Union of !noia & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 132 · [2012] 3 S.C.R. 826
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 26/2011
- Decided
- 14 March 2012
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC; Constitution Article 142
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF IND/A, 1950: Article 142 - Extra­ ordinary powers of the Supreme Court to quash the criminal C proceedings - Dispute between banks and petitioners over non-payment of dues - Compromise - Continuance! Quashing of criminal proceeding after compromise - Permissibility - Held: proceeding after a compromise has been arrived at between o the complainant and the accused, would amount to abuse of the process of court and an exercise in futility - In such situation, inherent powers of the courts can be invoked - However, exercise of inherent powers would depend
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