https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172898 Inherent criminal jurisdiction under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure must be exercised sparingly and with circumspection, and the phrase "rarest of rare cases" is only an emphatic restatement of that settled caution. The power may be used where interference is needed to prevent abuse of process or secure the ends of justice, and stray words in a judgment cannot be treated as statutory text without regard to context. Observations, recommendations, and directions on anticipatory bail and arrest made in a concurring opinion had no operative force because they were outside the subject matter of the appeal and were not binding directions of the Court. en-us Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172898 Inherent criminal jurisdiction under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure must be exercised sparingly and with circumspection, and the phrase "rarest of rare cases" is only an emphatic restatement of that settled caution. The power may be used where interference is needed to prevent abuse of process or secure the ends of justice, and stray words in a judgment cannot be treated as statutory text without regard to context. Observations, recommendations, and directions on anticipatory bail and arrest made in a concurring opinion had no operative force because they were outside the subject matter of the appeal and were not binding directions of the Court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=172898