https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307493 Where a court has already recorded a prima facie finding that a party suppressed income in an affidavit filed in a matrimonial maintenance matter, an application to initiate perjury proceedings need not await disposal of the main case. The Karnataka HC held that the request was not premature merely because the substantive proceeding remained pending or because a parallel police investigation concerned other documents. Allegations affecting the purity of judicial proceedings required timely examination, and the application had to be considered on merits at the earliest. The order rejecting the perjury application was set aside and the matter remanded for reconsideration. en-us Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 21:15:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307493 Where a court has already recorded a prima facie finding that a party suppressed income in an affidavit filed in a matrimonial maintenance matter, an application to initiate perjury proceedings need not await disposal of the main case. The Karnataka HC held that the request was not premature merely because the substantive proceeding remained pending or because a parallel police investigation concerned other documents. Allegations affecting the purity of judicial proceedings required timely examination, and the application had to be considered on merits at the earliest. The order rejecting the perjury application was set aside and the matter remanded for reconsideration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307493