Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 710 · Decided 14 October 2014
P.S. Meherhomji v. K.T. Vijay Kumar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 710 · [2014] 11 S.C.R. 51
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2211/2014
- Decided
- 14 October 2014
- Bench
- M.Y. EQBAL, PINAKI CHANDRA GHOSE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 499; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
A B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - Power under - Object and Scope of - Held: s. 482 empowers the High Court to exercise its inherent powers to prevent abuse C of the process of court - But such power should be exercised only in abuse where the complaint does not disclose any offence Court should not normally interfere with order taking cognizance of offence u/ s. 499 /PC, if complaint is supported by statement of D complainant on oath and necessary ingredients of offence are disclosed - Penal Code, 1860 - s. 499. Dismissing the appeal, the Court HELD: 1. Judicial process
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