Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1144 · Decided 16 September 2009
Kedar Narayan Parida and ORS. v. State of Orissa and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1144 · [2009] 14 S.C.R. 575
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 19947/2008
- Decided
- 16 September 2009
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 173; Constitution Article 173
Headnote
1 Investigation/Inquiry - Intervention by Court - Scope - Held: When any illegality and/or ma/a fide action on part of lnve~tigating Authorities, either on its own or at the behest of c i an interested party, is brought to the notice of High Courts, the High Courts in exercise and plenary powers are entitled to intervene to set right the illegality and! _or malafide action on the part of Investigating Authorities - ~ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.173 - Constitution of D India, 1950 - Article 226. The Petitioners allegedly attacked the husband of respondent no.2
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