https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283566 A court that has finally disposed of a criminal writ petition becomes functus officio and cannot entertain a miscellaneous application to grant fresh substantive relief, including extension of interim protection against arrest. The inherent or writ jurisdiction cannot be used to enlarge earlier relief in a disposed matter where the requested direction falls within the ordinary criminal process. The practice of seeking further substantive orders through miscellaneous applications in closed proceedings was deprecated as unwarranted and unsupported by statute. The impugned order extending stay of arrest was held unsustainable and was set aside, with consequential costs awarded to the appellant. en-us Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:50:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283566 A court that has finally disposed of a criminal writ petition becomes functus officio and cannot entertain a miscellaneous application to grant fresh substantive relief, including extension of interim protection against arrest. The inherent or writ jurisdiction cannot be used to enlarge earlier relief in a disposed matter where the requested direction falls within the ordinary criminal process. The practice of seeking further substantive orders through miscellaneous applications in closed proceedings was deprecated as unwarranted and unsupported by statute. The impugned order extending stay of arrest was held unsustainable and was set aside, with consequential costs awarded to the appellant. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=283566