Enhancement of credit limit - Criminal Conspiracy - framing of ...

Court Halts Trial in Criminal Conspiracy Case: Company Can't Be Punished as Juristic Person, Avoids Miscarriage of Justice.

June 15, 2022

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Enhancement of credit limit - Criminal Conspiracy - framing of charges against the Company - maintainability of prosecution proceedings against the company being a juristic person - This Court is of the considered opinion that if the trial is allowed to go, it will amount to gross miscarriage of the justice, since, the petitioner Company cannot be punished/sentenced after being held guilty of committing an offence being a juristic person. Therefore, there would be no purpose to proceed with the trial against the petitioner. - HC

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Enhancement of credit limit - Criminal Conspiracy - framing of ...

Court Halts Trial in Criminal Conspiracy Case: Company Can't Be Punished as Juristic Person, Avoids Miscarriage of Justice.

June 15, 2022

Case Laws Indian Laws HC

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