Supreme Court of India
Jitendra Raghuvanshi & Ors. v. Babita Raghuvanshi & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the High Court in exercise of its i'nherent powers can quash the criminal proceedings or FIR or complaint in appropriate cases in order to meet the ends of justice and Section 320 of the Code does not limit or affect the powers of the High Court under C Section 482 of the Code.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.482 and 320 - Quashing of criminal proceedings in non-compoundable offences relating to matrimonial disputes - Ambit and scope of the inherent powers of the High Courts uls.482 CrPC - Duty of the courts to encourage genuine settlements of matrimonial disputes - Held: High Court in exercise of its inherent powers can quash criminal proceedings or FIR or complaint ih appropriate cases in order to meet the ends of justice - s.320 CrPC does not limit or affect the powers of the High Court u/ s.482 CrPC. Question relating to the ambit and scope of the inherent
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Where later benches applied it
- 2023 Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan
- 2019 The State of Madhya Pradesh v. Dhruv Gurjar and Another
Of those, 2 referred to
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