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Supreme Court of India

Ajay Malik v. State of Uttarakhand & Anr.

Penal Code, 1860 –

Allowed
Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
29 Jan 2025
Citation
[2025] 1 S.C.R. 1725
Case no.
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 441/2025
Bench
Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan

Issue for consideration

(1) Whether the High Court acted well within the contours of its powers under Section 482 of the CrPC in rejecting Ajay Malik’s quashing petition; (2) Whether the High Court fell in error in rejecting the Compounding Application moved by Ajay Malik and supported by Court was legally correct in accepting Ashok Kumar’s Criminal Revision, thereby discharging him from the captioned criminal proceedings; (4) Whether the existing legal framework in India sufficiently protects the rights of domestic workers.

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