https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312616 Observations made by a High Court on the merits of a complaint, when those observations were unnecessary to decide that criminal appellate jurisdiction was not maintainable, did not attain finality and could not operate as res judicata. The later writ petition therefore could not be dismissed at the threshold on the basis of those non-binding remarks. The Supreme Court held that the writ petition had to be examined on its own merits after hearing the parties, set aside the threshold dismissal, and restored the matter to the High Court for fresh adjudication without expressing any view on the underlying dispute. en-us Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 06:02:44 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312616 Observations made by a High Court on the merits of a complaint, when those observations were unnecessary to decide that criminal appellate jurisdiction was not maintainable, did not attain finality and could not operate as res judicata. The later writ petition therefore could not be dismissed at the threshold on the basis of those non-binding remarks. The Supreme Court held that the writ petition had to be examined on its own merits after hearing the parties, set aside the threshold dismissal, and restored the matter to the High Court for fresh adjudication without expressing any view on the underlying dispute. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=312616