https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301720 Criminal complaints seeking to enforce alleged statutory offences committed in corporate business were not maintainable against an individual director alone where the company was not arraigned as an accused. In prosecutions involving vicarious liability, the corporate entity, as the principal accused and juristic person, must ordinarily be before the court when the statutory scheme contemplates prosecution of both the company and persons in charge of it. Proceeding only against the director, without impleading the company, was contrary to that governing principle, and the complaints and consequential proceedings were set aside. en-us Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 17 Apr 2022 19:52:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301720 Criminal complaints seeking to enforce alleged statutory offences committed in corporate business were not maintainable against an individual director alone where the company was not arraigned as an accused. In prosecutions involving vicarious liability, the corporate entity, as the principal accused and juristic person, must ordinarily be before the court when the statutory scheme contemplates prosecution of both the company and persons in charge of it. Proceeding only against the director, without impleading the company, was contrary to that governing principle, and the complaints and consequential proceedings were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 16 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301720