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Delhi High Court quashed an FIR against 70-year-old Lt. Gen. Inderjit Singh (Retd.), calling the sexual assault allegations “baseless and absurd.” The court said dragging senior citizens into false cases causes injustice to society. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has given major relief to 70-year-old retired Army officer, Lt. Gen. Inderjit Singh, who was…
Introduction Recently, the Punjab and Haryana High Court passed a fantastic decision of wherein it has taken a very balanced stand. The High Court took a stern step against the woman litigant for misusing the process of law to harass her husband. In this case, the Court pointed out that Section 498A of the Indian […]
Introduction The Supreme Court of India (Apex Court) has recently imposed a cost of Rs. Five Lakhs on a woman’s father for lodging false cases under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at different cities/ States against the husband with the sole purpose to harass him. Parteek Bansal v. State of Rajasthan & […]
Introduction Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) does not provide new powers to the High Court however, it grants inherent powers to the Court to prevent abuse of law. The High Court can exercise its power under Section 482 to quash proceedings even in case of the non-compoundable offences. In a recent […]
As per Black’s dictionary, Quashing means “To overthrow; to abate; to vacate; to annul; to make void”. In ordinary law terms, quash would mean stopping and ending criminal proceedings at the charge sheet or the FIR filed stage. Under the scope of the powers of the High Court under section 482 of the Code of […]
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