https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463758 The affidavit requirement for an application under Section 156(3) CrPC, as explained in Priyanka Srivastava, was treated as a prospective procedural safeguard designed to curb frivolous invocation of the Magistrate's power. Although judicial declarations ordinarily operate retrospectively unless expressly made prospective, the language and purpose of that ruling showed it was meant to apply only from that point onward. Complaints filed in 2010 and 2011 were therefore not invalidated for want of a sworn affidavit, and the criminal revisions failed. en-us Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:39:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463758 The affidavit requirement for an application under Section 156(3) CrPC, as explained in Priyanka Srivastava, was treated as a prospective procedural safeguard designed to curb frivolous invocation of the Magistrate's power. Although judicial declarations ordinarily operate retrospectively unless expressly made prospective, the language and purpose of that ruling showed it was meant to apply only from that point onward. Complaints filed in 2010 and 2011 were therefore not invalidated for want of a sworn affidavit, and the criminal revisions failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=463758