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M/s Indian Oil Corporation v. M/s Nepc India Ltd. and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 704
Bench H.K. Sema and R.V. Ra Veendran JJ.
Decided 20 July 2006

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we find that the High Court was not justified in quashing the complaints/criminal proceedings in entirety.

Judgment, page 25

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Sections 482 and 200-Disputes arising from breach of contract- 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 party had taken recourse to such remedies, remedy under criminal law is not barred nor the party estopped from seeking such remedy-Criminal proceedings should not be quashed in view of the pendency of civil proceedings-Teo·t is not whether civil remedy is availed or available, bur whether the allegations

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Of those, 13 relied on · 8 referred to

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