
Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court
Section 362 CrPC | No Review of Final Criminal Orders Even for Violation of Natural Justice: MP HC Jabalpur
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that Section 362 CrPC creates an absolute statutory bar against reviewing final criminal orders, even when natural justice is violated. Inherent powers under Section 482 cannot override this prohibition, reinforcing that procedural fairness cannot justify circumventing the Code’s finality rule - a critical limit for complainants and prosecutors seeking to reopen closed cases.