Supreme Court imposes ₹25 lakh costs on litigant for initiating criminal proceedings in civil dispute

In a strongly-worded judgment, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Rajesh Bindal made it clear that unscrupulous litigants who burden the justice system should not be allowed to get away scot-free.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday imposed costs of ₹25 lakh on a litigant for initiating criminal proceedings in a dispute of civil nature. [Dinesh Gupta vs State of Uttar Pradesh and ors]

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