https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=234322 Repeated criminal complaints arising from a joint venture dispute, after the matter had already been conclusively dealt with in company proceedings, were held to be an abuse of process and liable to be quashed. The Court treated the allegations as part of a civil and commercial controversy, noted the suppression of an earlier dismissal, and applied the settled distinction between breach of contract and cheating at inception. Because the prosecution itself was unsustainable, the connected coercive measures, including travel restrictions and look-out directions, also could not stand. The appellant was therefore granted relief against the criminal process and consequential restraints. en-us Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=234322 Repeated criminal complaints arising from a joint venture dispute, after the matter had already been conclusively dealt with in company proceedings, were held to be an abuse of process and liable to be quashed. The Court treated the allegations as part of a civil and commercial controversy, noted the suppression of an earlier dismissal, and applied the settled distinction between breach of contract and cheating at inception. Because the prosecution itself was unsustainable, the connected coercive measures, including travel restrictions and look-out directions, also could not stand. The appellant was therefore granted relief against the criminal process and consequential restraints. Case-Laws Companies Law Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=234322