https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197877 Section 482 CrPC should be exercised sparingly in proceedings under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, because the Magistrate functions as the adjudicating authority within a self-contained statutory scheme with quasi-civil and quasi-criminal features. The absence of an express prohibition in the CrPC against amendment of pleadings did not justify interference, and the availability of ex parte procedure and mechanisms to set aside ex parte orders supported the Magistrate's approach. On the facts, the amendment caused no injustice, did not amount to abuse of process, and did not warrant correction under inherent powers; the order permitting amendment was upheld. en-us Fri, 03 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 13:02:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197877 Section 482 CrPC should be exercised sparingly in proceedings under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, because the Magistrate functions as the adjudicating authority within a self-contained statutory scheme with quasi-civil and quasi-criminal features. The absence of an express prohibition in the CrPC against amendment of pleadings did not justify interference, and the availability of ex parte procedure and mechanisms to set aside ex parte orders supported the Magistrate's approach. On the facts, the amendment caused no injustice, did not amount to abuse of process, and did not warrant correction under inherent powers; the order permitting amendment was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 03 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197877