Case Law Analysis
|Delhi High Court
Section 482 CrPC cannot stay director-status disputes as they are factual issues | Director liability under Payment and Settlement Systems Act : Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court ruled that a petitioner's claim of having resigned before the alleged offences makes the question of his directorship a factual matter for trial, not a ground for invoking Section 482 to halt the case. Consequently, revision petitions seeking a stay were dismissed, signalling that inherent jurisdiction cannot be used to pre-empt trial on director-status questions. This impacts directors and companies facing criminal complaints under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act.