Evolving Jurisprudence on Quashing Criminal Proceedings under Section 482 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

The best legislators can legislate upon certainties, at most, some uncertainties. Prediction of the future is not a legislative means to indefinite issues at a point in time that are yet to be determined. It means that legislation complete in itself may well need solutions at a future point in time. To brace any such events, extraordinary tools exist to guide a Court of Justice. One such power well within a Court is referred to as Inherent Power. This paper highlights the developing jurisprudence through case laws concerning Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) 1973.