https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298511 Multiple FIRs and complaints based on the same telecast were held impermissible under the sameness test, except for a true counter-complaint, and the duplicate proceedings were quashed. Transfer of the surviving investigation to the CBI was refused because such power is reserved for rare and exceptional cases where fairness and credibility of investigation clearly require it. The challenge to the transferred FIR was not entertained under Article 32, the petitioner being left to ordinary remedies under criminal procedure. The transferred FIR was clarified not to cover criminal defamation, which is governed by the special procedure under Section 199 CrPC. A later writ petition based on a different broadcast was also not entertained. en-us Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:28:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298511 Multiple FIRs and complaints based on the same telecast were held impermissible under the sameness test, except for a true counter-complaint, and the duplicate proceedings were quashed. Transfer of the surviving investigation to the CBI was refused because such power is reserved for rare and exceptional cases where fairness and credibility of investigation clearly require it. The challenge to the transferred FIR was not entertained under Article 32, the petitioner being left to ordinary remedies under criminal procedure. The transferred FIR was clarified not to cover criminal defamation, which is governed by the special procedure under Section 199 CrPC. A later writ petition based on a different broadcast was also not entertained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 19 May 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298511