Case Name : Kaushik Chatterjee vs State of Haryana & Ors
Case Reference: (0000) 0 SCR 00 :
Neutral Citation:
Case Number: Transfer Petition (Crl) No. 456/2019
Court: Supreme Court
Bench: 01
Coram: V Ramasubramanian
Date: 30.09.2020
Jurisdiction of criminal courts
Summarising principles regarding jurisdiction of criminal courts (Para 21) The expression ‘local jurisdiction’ as mentioned in CrPC - Section 177 is defined in section [CrPC - Section 2] (Para 21(1))
Jurisdiction of a criminal court can be relatable to an offence or the offender. (Para 33)
Question of jurisdiction with respect to the power of the court to try particular kinds of offences goes into the root of the matter (Para 36) 1. Territorial jurisdiction is a matter of convenience. 2. Where a Magistrate has the power to try a particular offence, but the controversy relates solely to his territorial jurisdiction, the case would be saved by the saving clause under CrPC - Section 462 (Para 37) Lack of jurisdiction to try an offence makes the proceedings void (Para 38) Lac of jurisdiction to try an offender can be saved by CrPC - Section 462 (Para 38) The exception being [CrPC - Section 461]; where the law expressly bars or provides trial of an offender by certain courts.
Refer also: State of Uttar Pradesh vs Sabir Ali, AIR 1964 SC 1673 Raj Kumari Vijh vs Dev Raj Vijh, AIR 1977 SC 1101 Purushottam Das Dalmia vs State of West Bengal, AIR 1961 SC 1589
See also: CPC - Section 21 CPC - Order VII rule 10 CrPC - Section 2 CrPC - Section 26 CrPC - Section 27 CrPC - Section 177 CrPC - Section 178 CrPC - Section 179 CrPC - Section 180 CrPC - Section 181 CrPC - Section 182 CrPC - Section 183 CrPC - Section 184 CrPC - Section 201 CrPC - Section 340 CrPC - Section 460 CrPC - Section 461
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