https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280288 Pendency of a criminal case does not automatically justify staying a civil suit arising from the same facts. A stay may be ordered only where continuation of the civil proceedings would cause real embarrassment to the accused or otherwise be unjust on the specific circumstances; the mere possibility of conflicting findings is not enough. The effect of one proceeding on another depends on the nature of the judgment and the statutory conditions governing relevance and conclusiveness. Applying that principle, the stay of the civil suit was not sustained and the civil proceedings were directed to continue. en-us Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:22:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280288 Pendency of a criminal case does not automatically justify staying a civil suit arising from the same facts. A stay may be ordered only where continuation of the civil proceedings would cause real embarrassment to the accused or otherwise be unjust on the specific circumstances; the mere possibility of conflicting findings is not enough. The effect of one proceeding on another depends on the nature of the judgment and the statutory conditions governing relevance and conclusiveness. Applying that principle, the stay of the civil suit was not sustained and the civil proceedings were directed to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280288