Supreme Court of India

Iridium India Telecom Ltd. v. Motorola Incorporated & Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 14 S.C.R. 591

Bench B. Sudershan Reddy A Nd Surind.Er Singh Nijjar J.

Decided 20 October 2010

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From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 :- Corporate. liability for criminal offences - Criminal complaint against company alleging offence of cheating - Magistrate issued process - Petition under s.482 CrPC rlw Article 227 of the Constitution allowed by High Court - Justification of - Held: Not justified - company/corporation cannot escape liability for a criminal offence , merely because the punishment prescribed is that of imprisonmen_t and fine .- The conclusion reached by the High Court that respondent no) -company could not have the necessary mens rea is cleariy erroneous - The

Authorities it was built on

1961 Abhiraj Kuer v. Debendra Singh cited by 52
1976 Smt. Nagawwa v. Veeranna Shivalingappa Konjalgi & Ors. cited by 51
1988 Madhavrao Jiwaji Rao Scindia & Anr. Etc. v. Sambhajirao Chandrojirao Angre & Ors. Etc. cited by 41
1963 Dr. Raghubir Sharan v. The State of Bihar cited by 7
2003 The Assistant Commissioner, Assessment-ii, Bangalore and Ors. v. M/s. Velliappa Textiles Ltd. and Ors. cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

2012 Aneeta Hada v. M/s. Godfather Travels & Tours Pvt. Ltd. relied on
2026 V. Ganesan v. State Rep by the Sub Inspector of Police referred to
2015 International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (arci) &ors. v. Nimra Cerglass Technics (p) Ltd.&anr. referred to
2015 Sunil Bharti Mittal v. Central Bureau of Investigation referred to
2012 Lee Kun Hee & Ors. v. State of U.P. & Ors. referred to
2023 M/s Iveco Magirus Brandschutztechnik Gmbh v. Nirmal Kishore Bhartiya & Anr mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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