https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175009 Only the law declared by the Supreme Court binds under Article 141; an order granting compensation on peculiar facts and in exercise of special constitutional power is not a general precedent. On that basis, the High Court and subordinate criminal courts cannot award compensation to a complainant in a Section 494 prosecution after acquittal merely by relying on such an order, absent an independent legal basis. The compensation component of the Magistrate's order was therefore set aside. en-us Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 17:26:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175009 Only the law declared by the Supreme Court binds under Article 141; an order granting compensation on peculiar facts and in exercise of special constitutional power is not a general precedent. On that basis, the High Court and subordinate criminal courts cannot award compensation to a complainant in a Section 494 prosecution after acquittal merely by relying on such an order, absent an independent legal basis. The compensation component of the Magistrate's order was therefore set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175009