The Supreme Court of India, in a judgment delivered on July 24, 2025, has held that the setting aside of a departmental adjudication order on procedural grounds does not automatically render a criminal complaint for the same offence “groundless.” A bench of CJI B.R. Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih dismissed a criminal appeal filed
Quashing of Departmental Proceedings on Procedural Grounds Not a Bar to Criminal Prosecution Under Central Excise Act: Supreme Court
