https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310292 In a joint venture dispute, the Delhi HC held that the controversy was fundamentally civil and commercial, arising from contractual and corporate disagreements over management and control, so the complaint, FIR and consequential proceedings were quashed. The Court further held that the allegations, even if taken at face value, did not disclose the essential ingredients of theft by clerk or servant, criminal breach of trust, cheating, conspiracy or defamation, as the required elements such as master-servant relationship, entrustment, dishonest intention at inception, agreement, publication and intent to harm reputation were not made out. It also found the criminal process to be an abuse of process used as pressure in a corporate dispute. en-us Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:06:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310292 In a joint venture dispute, the Delhi HC held that the controversy was fundamentally civil and commercial, arising from contractual and corporate disagreements over management and control, so the complaint, FIR and consequential proceedings were quashed. The Court further held that the allegations, even if taken at face value, did not disclose the essential ingredients of theft by clerk or servant, criminal breach of trust, cheating, conspiracy or defamation, as the required elements such as master-servant relationship, entrustment, dishonest intention at inception, agreement, publication and intent to harm reputation were not made out. It also found the criminal process to be an abuse of process used as pressure in a corporate dispute. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310292