https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461734 Directing an investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not, on a prima facie reading of Sections 156(3), 173(2), 190, 200, 202, 203 and 204, amount to the Magistrate taking cognizance, but the Court declined to decide the point in the present matter because the same question had already been referred to a larger Bench. Judicial discipline and propriety therefore required the matter to be tagged with the pending referred cases, with the Registry directed to place it before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders. en-us Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:58:47 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461734 Directing an investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not, on a prima facie reading of Sections 156(3), 173(2), 190, 200, 202, 203 and 204, amount to the Magistrate taking cognizance, but the Court declined to decide the point in the present matter because the same question had already been referred to a larger Bench. Judicial discipline and propriety therefore required the matter to be tagged with the pending referred cases, with the Registry directed to place it before the Chief Justice of India for appropriate orders. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461734