https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394931 A complaint alleging fabrication of a ledger statement was treated as disclosing a cognizable offence, and the pendency of a civil dispute before the NCLT did not by itself justify refusal to register an FIR. The analysis notes that Section 195 CrPC bars cognizance by a court, not police investigation into a cognizable offence, even where the disputed document was used in proceedings. At the same time, writ jurisdiction under Article 226 should ordinarily not be used to compel FIR registration when statutory remedies under Sections 154(3), 156(3) and 200 CrPC are available. The complainant was therefore relegated to the Magistrate-based remedies. en-us Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:27:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394931 A complaint alleging fabrication of a ledger statement was treated as disclosing a cognizable offence, and the pendency of a civil dispute before the NCLT did not by itself justify refusal to register an FIR. The analysis notes that Section 195 CrPC bars cognizance by a court, not police investigation into a cognizable offence, even where the disputed document was used in proceedings. At the same time, writ jurisdiction under Article 226 should ordinarily not be used to compel FIR registration when statutory remedies under Sections 154(3), 156(3) and 200 CrPC are available. The complainant was therefore relegated to the Magistrate-based remedies. Case-Laws Insolvency and Bankruptcy Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394931