The Karnataka High Court has said that contribution towards provident fund by an employee is a statutory deduction and non remittance of it by the employer in the employee’s account maintained with the Provident Fund Organisation, cannot attract the offence of cheating. Therefore, the cognizance for offence punishable under Section 420 of the IPC is recklessly taken, as none of …
The Supreme Court observed that a mere dispute on monetary demand does not attract the offence of criminal breach of trust under Section 405 IPC. The Apex Court bench first noted that, for Section 405 of the IPC to be attracted, the following have to be established: the accused was entrusted with property, or entrusted with dominion over property; the …
Failure to pay rent may have civil consequences, but is not a penal offence under the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court observed while quashing an FIR registered against a tenant by a landlord.The court was considering an appeal against the Allahabad High Court order that refused to quash an FIR registered for the offence of cheating under Section 415 …
In a blow to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the state's SLPs against the quashing of criminal cases filed in connection with the alleged 'insider trading' in land transactions at Amaravati.The bench of Justices Vineet Saran and Dinesh Maheshwari was hearing the SLPs at the instance of the AP state government against …
