Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 128 · Decided 27 July 1979
Assistant Collector of Central Excise v. Jainson Hosiery Industries
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 128 · [1980] 1 S.C.R. 134
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 4059/1979
- Decided
- 27 July 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, D.A. DESAI, A.D. KOSHAL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226; Central Excise Act
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950-Art. 226-Exercise of jurisdiction under­ Courts to be extremely circu1nspect in granting relief during th~ pendency of criminal investigations. HELD : The High Court in exercising its jurisdiction under Art. 226 of the Constitut:on must have r'egard to the well that the normal statutory remedy is likely to be too dilatory to give relief, it should be loath to act under Art. 226. It should be extremely circumspect in granting relief during the pendency of criminal investigations. [134 G-Hl The investigation of a criminal offence i~ a very sensitive
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