https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169362 The U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 conferred cognizance of specified offences on the Panchayati Adalat and barred ordinary criminal courts only where that special forum could lawfully and effectively try the case. Because the Adalat could act only through a validly constituted bench, and one accused was resident outside Uttar Pradesh, no competent bench could be formed to try all accused together. The statutory exclusion of ordinary court jurisdiction therefore did not operate, and the ordinary criminal court retained jurisdiction to try the case. The objection based on Panchayati Adalat jurisdiction failed. en-us Tue, 15 Mar 1955 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 May 2015 10:23:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169362 The U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 conferred cognizance of specified offences on the Panchayati Adalat and barred ordinary criminal courts only where that special forum could lawfully and effectively try the case. Because the Adalat could act only through a validly constituted bench, and one accused was resident outside Uttar Pradesh, no competent bench could be formed to try all accused together. The statutory exclusion of ordinary court jurisdiction therefore did not operate, and the ordinary criminal court retained jurisdiction to try the case. The objection based on Panchayati Adalat jurisdiction failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 15 Mar 1955 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169362