Dispute Update
- Abhishek Saxena - 24-01-2025
Our litigation team successfully represented the employee of an Indian company, as well as employees of a philanthropic organisation, in a quashing petition before the Hon’ble Patna High Court challenging criminal proceedings initiated against them under the Indian Forest Act, 1927, and the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, while conducting field visit for CSR activities. The petition challenged the complaint, chargesheet, and the trial court’s order taking cognizance of the offences under the aforesaid Acts. It was submitted before the Hon’ble High Court that the complaint or the chargesheet failed to prima facie disclose the alleged offences and were instead based on conjectures and surmises. Highlighting critical gaps in the investigation as well as the case set up by the forest department, our team was successful in securing a stay on the proceedings before the trial court.
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