Unlike Criminal Proceedings, Action For Malicious Prosecution Generally Doesn't Lie Against Civil Proceedings: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh High Court has said that unlike in the cases of malicious prosecution relating to criminal proceedings no action can be brought as a general rule in the cases of civil proceedings even though the same are malicious and have been brought without any reasonable cause."It is only in exceptional circumstances that a suit for damages on account of...