https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298532 Writ jurisdiction is not the ordinary remedy to compel registration of an FIR where the Code of Criminal Procedure provides statutory steps, including approaching the Superintendent of Police and then the Magistrate. A direction to transfer investigation to the CBI or another central agency is an extraordinary measure available only in rare cases on cogent prima facie material; vague allegations and media-based assertions were insufficient here. The Court also held that mandamus could not issue because the pleadings lacked concrete facts, admissible material, and a clear demand and refusal, and the petition did not meet the standards for public interest litigation. en-us Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 21:11:53 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298532 Writ jurisdiction is not the ordinary remedy to compel registration of an FIR where the Code of Criminal Procedure provides statutory steps, including approaching the Superintendent of Police and then the Magistrate. A direction to transfer investigation to the CBI or another central agency is an extraordinary measure available only in rare cases on cogent prima facie material; vague allegations and media-based assertions were insufficient here. The Court also held that mandamus could not issue because the pleadings lacked concrete facts, admissible material, and a clear demand and refusal, and the petition did not meet the standards for public interest litigation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 22 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=298532