Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 464 · Decided 28 April 2023
Prakash Aggarwal v. Ganesh Benzoplast Limited and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 464 · [2023] 3 S.C.R. 844
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1308/2023
- Decided
- 28 April 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, VIKRAM NATH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 403, 406, 420, 120B, 120; Arbitration Act Section 34
Headnote
Administration of Justice - Abuse of process of law - Held: Respondent No.1-complainant has attempted to turn a purely contractual dispute between the parties into a criminal case - Not only that, there is an inordinate delay in lodging the complaint - Further, at its face value, does not disclose that any of the ingredients of the offence complained of have been made out - Thus, the present complaint is nothing else but an abuse of process of law - Complaint filed before the trial court u/ss.403, 406, 420, 120B, IPC is dismissed -
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