Supreme Court of India

Prabhu Chawla v. State of Rajasthan & Anr.

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Reported as [2016] 4 S.C.R. 281

Decided 5 September 2016

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From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - ss.397, 482 - Invoking inherent power u/s. 482 when alternative remedy of revision u/s.397 available - Held: Availability of alternative remedy of criminal revision u/s.397 by itself cannot be good ground to dismiss an application u/s. 482. Allowing the appeals and remitting the matters back to High Court, the Court HELD: 1. Section 482 Cr.P. . begins with a non-obstante clause to state: "Nothing in this Code shall be deemed to limit or affect the inherent powers of the High Court to make such orders as may be necessary to give effect to any order under this

Authorities it was built on

2008 Dhariwal Tobago Products Ltd. and Others v. State of Maharashtra and Another cited by 12
1977 Madhu Limaye v. The State of Maharashtra cited by 11
1979 Raj Kapoor and Ors. v. State and Others cited by 8
2008 Som Mittal v. Government of Karnataka cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2026 Standard Chartered Bank v. Enforcement Officer Ministry of Home Affairs mentioned
2025 Kallu Nat Alias Mayank Kumar Nagar v. State of U.P. and Anr. mentioned

Of those, 2 mentioned

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