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2022 Supreme(MP) 943

IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH
Atul Sreedharan, J.
Dadhibal Prasad Jaiswal & Ors. – Appellants
Versus
Smt. Sunita Jaiswal – Respondent
Miscellaneous Criminal Case No. 5983 of 2014
Decided On : 24-03-2022

Advocates Appeared:
Shri Shiv Kumar Dubey, Advocate, for the Appellant, Shri V.K.Jain, Advocate, for the Respondent.

Headnote:(A) Criminal Procedure Code - Section 397(2) - Domestic Violence Act - Revision petitions - The High Court quashed the order allowing the revision of the lower court's dismissal regarding evidence procurement in a domestic violence case, establishing that orders under Section 91 are interlocutory and hence not subject to revision. (Paras 2, 7, 9)

(B) Revision Jurisdiction - Limitations - The court emphasized that judicial discipline requires adherence to precedents, particularly concerning interlocutory orders which do not terminate proceedings. It noted that jurisdictional points should have been raised at the appropriate stage. (Paras 6, 8, 10)

Facts of the case:
The petitioners challenged the reversal of a trial court's decision denying the respondent's vague application for records from a missing person case related to the husband's alleged elopement, which was later allowed in revision.

Findings of Court:
The court found merit in the petitioner's argument against the jurisdiction of the revisions filed concerning interlocutory orders.

Issues: Whether the revision against an interlocutory order was maintainable and if the application under Section 91 Cr.P.C. had been conclusively disposed of.

Ratio Decidendi: The order was deemed interlocutory, and therefore, revisions were barred under Section 397(2) Cr.P.C., emphasizing the necessity to address jurisdictional issues properly before a trial court.

Result: The petition was allowed, and the impugned order was quashed.

Judgement Key Points

Certainly. Based on the provided legal document, here are the key points:

  1. The court examined whether revisions against interlocutory orders are maintainable under the relevant law. It concluded that orders related to applications under Sections 91 and 311 of the Cr.P.C. are interlocutory in nature and therefore not subject to revision, as per established legal principles [Paras 2, 7, 9].

  2. The court emphasized the importance of raising jurisdictional issues at the appropriate stage. It noted that the revision petition did not raise or address the jurisdictional point regarding the bar on revising interlocutory orders, which is a procedural requirement [Paras 6, 8, 10].

  3. The court found that the order under challenge was interlocutory because it did not finally dispose of the application but rather disposed of a procedural aspect, and therefore, the revision was barred under the relevant legal provisions [Paras 6, 9, 10].

  4. The court observed that even if an application is finally disposed of, it does not necessarily lose its interlocutory character unless it results in the termination of the proceedings or affects a substantive right in a final manner [Paras 9, 10].

  5. The court clarified that a party aggrieved by an interlocutory order should have availed of appropriate remedies available under law, but the failure to do so does not render the order revisable if it is interlocutory [Paras 10].

  6. Ultimately, the court quashed the impugned order, reaffirming that orders of a procedural or interlocutory nature are generally not revisable and that jurisdictional points should be raised promptly to preserve legal rights [Para 11].

  7. The court highlighted that raising legal objections regarding jurisdiction at the proper time is essential for maintaining judicial discipline and adherence to precedents [Paras 6, 8].

  8. The decision underscores that procedural orders, even if final in some aspects, do not lose their interlocutory character unless they fundamentally alter or conclude the proceedings, and such orders are protected from revision under the law [Paras 9, 10].

  9. The petitioner was granted relief, and the order under challenge was set aside, while the respondent was advised to pursue other legal remedies if aggrieved [Para 11].

  10. The case reinforces the principle that procedural and interlocutory orders are generally immune from revision unless specifically provided otherwise by law, and raising jurisdictional issues timely is crucial for their consideration [Paras 6, 8, 9].

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Table of Content
1. details of the petition and circumstances (Para 1 , 2)
2. contentions on maintainability and procedure (Para 3 , 4)
3. court's observations on jurisdictional issues (Para 5 , 7 , 8)
4. discussion on interlocutory and final orders (Para 6 , 9 , 10)
5. final order and conclusion of the petition (Para 11 , 12)

ORDER

1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners herein who are aggrieved by the order dated 21.3.2014 passed by the Court of the learned 10 Additional Sessions Judge, Jabalpur in Criminal Revision No.249/2013, by which the revision filed by the respondent herein was illegally allowed and set aside the order dated 8.4.2013 of the learned JMFC Jabalpur passed in MJC No.4/2011.

2. The case of the petitioners is that the petitioner no.1 is the husband and the petitioner no.2 is the father-in-law of the respondent. The respondent filed a case under the Domestic Violence Act against the petitioners. In the said case, she moved an application asking the learned Trial Court to call for the record of a "missing person's case" being case no.20/2010, which was registered at Police Station Belbag, Jabalpur relating to the alleged elopement of the petitioner no.1 with another lady. In that case the father of the lady had filed the aforementioned missing person's report, in which the petitioner and the lady alleged to have appeared before the Police and handed over certain documents. Admittedly, the details relating to the said documents are not given in the application. The learned Trial Court vide order dated 8.4.2013 dismissed the application filed by the respondent on the ground that the same is vague as it is not specific of the nature and type of documents required from the police in "missing person's case" no.20/2010. Thereafter, the respondent preferred a criminal revision in which the impugned order was passed and said order set aside the order passed by the learned Trial Court and in consequence thereof the file of the missing person's caseno.20/2010 reached the Trial Court for the purpose of confronting the petitioners during their testimony.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the impugned order is bad in law as the same falls foul of the judgment of the Supreme Court passed in 2009(5) SCC 153 Sethuraman Vs. Rajamanickam. The facts in that case related to an application that was moved under section 91 Cr.P.c. and another under section 311 Cr.P.C. where the applications after being rejected, criminal revisions were filed before the High Court, in which the impugned orders were passed allowing the revision petition. In paragraph 5, the Supreme Court has held that orders passed disposing of application under section 91 Cr.P.C. and under section 311 Cr.P.C. were orders of a interlocutory nature against which a, revision under section 397 was not maintainable at all in view of section 397 (2) Cr.P.C. He has also relief upon the judgment of the Supreme Court passed in 2001 SCC (Cri) 1254 - Bhaskar Industries Ltd. Vs. Bhiwani Denim & Apparels Ltd and others, where the Supreme Court referring to previous judgments notable amongst them being Madhu Limaye Vs. State of Maharashta (1977) 4 SCC 551 and Amarnath vs. State of Haryana , (1977) 4 SCC 137 , wherein the Supreme Court had embarked upon a enquiry to lay down the distinction between an interim order, interlocutory order and orders of an intermediate nature. In paragraph 11, however, the Supreme Court held that an objection regarding maintainability of the revision petition should have been raised before the Court which invoked such a revisional jurisdiction and that as the same was not done, the Supreme Court left the question undecided.

4. The learned counsel for the respondent on the other hand has submitted that the application under section 91 did not survive after the impugned order was passed by the learned Trial Court on 8.4.2013 and the same was finally concluded and therefore, the same cannot can not be said to be an interlocutory

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