Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1016 · Decided 9 October 2007
Inder Mohan Goswami and ANR. v. State of Uttaranchal and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1016 · [2007] 10 S.C.R. 847
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1392/2007
- Decided
- 9 October 2007
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, R.V. RAVEENDRAN, DALVEER BHANDARI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 4201467; CrPC Section 482, 70; Constitution Article 21
Headnote
GOSWAMI AND ANR. v. STATE OF UTTARANCHAL AND ORS. OCTOBER 9, 2007 [K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, CJ. R.V. RA VEENDRAN AND DAL VEER BHANDARI, JJ.) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s. 482-lnherent powers of High Court-Scope and ambit of- Dispute of civil nature between parties emanatingfrom cancellation issued-High D Court declining to quash criminal proceedings-HELD: Dispute being purely of civil nature and civil suit of complainants pending in court of competent jurisdiction, initiation of criminal proceedings by them is clearly an abuse of process of Court-Judicial Magistrate, without
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