Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 452 · Decided 20 July 2006
M/S Indian Oil Corporation v. M/S Nepc India LTD. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 452 · [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 704
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 834/2002
- Decided
- 20 July 2006
- Bench
- H.K. SEMA, R.V. RAVEENDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 378, 403, 405, 415, 425; CrPC Section 482, 200, 378, 403, 405, 415, 425
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 482 and 200-Disputes arising from breach of contract- C Existence or availment of civil remedy-Permissibility of simultaneous or subsequent recourse to remedies under criminal law-Permissibility of-Held: When civil remedies are available in law and the nor the party estopped from seeking such remedy-Criminal proceedings should not be D quashed in view of the pendency of civil proceedings-Teo·t is not whether civil remedy is availed or available, bur whether the allegations in complaint disclose criminal offence or not. E Section
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