Supreme Court Quashes Chennai Cheating Case as Civil Dispute

The Supreme Court decided that a case in Chennai, which was being treated as a crime, was actually a normal disagreement over property.

The judges said the people accused did not do anything that the law says is a crime.

They cancelled the criminal case and all related documents.

The case had involved a power of attorney and a sale of land.

The court said the earlier court had made a mistake and the criminal case was an abuse of the law.

The Supreme Court’s decision means the accused are no longer being tried for cheating or theft.

The case was about a piece of land that was supposed to be turned into houses.

The Supreme Court’s ruling is a reminder that not every dispute is a crime.

The decision was made by two judges, B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan.