Availing Of Civil Remedy Is Not A Ground To Quash Criminal Proceedings, Reiterates SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has reiterated that, even if a civil remedy is availed by a party, he is not precluded from setting in motion the proceedings in criminal law.The bench comprising of Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Vineet Saran said that, in certain cases the very same set of facts may give rise to remedies in civil as well as in criminal proceedings.In this case, the criminal...