Hemalata Rout v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Odisha High Court (Cuttack), single-judge order by Justice Chittaranjan Dash dated 02.01.2024 in CRLMP No. 2524 of 2023 (Hemalata Rout v. State of Odisha & others): writ/CRLMP prayer for FIR registration declined; writ jurisdiction not to be encouraged where alternative remedy available under law; petitioner redirected to file a complaint before the competent court of jurisdiction; reliance on Sudhir Bhaskarrao Tambe V. Hemant Yashwant Dhange (2016)6 SCC 277 and Shweta Bhadoria v. State of M.P.2017(i) MPJR 247; CRLMP disposed of; no amounts involved.
What did the court decide?
No direction for registration of the FIR granted; the Petitioner was directed to seek redressal by initiating a complaint before the competent court of jurisdiction, and the CRLMP was disposed of on that basis. ¶14