On 31 July 2025 (also commonly referred to as 1 August 2025 issued) the Supreme Court ruled that in a case where a criminal case is initiated together with an underlying civil case over the same matter, may be quashed unless the allegations raise a prima facie claim of a criminal intention. It was a civil suit of S. N. Vijayalakshmi and Ors versus State of Karnataka and Anr., wherein a civil suit had been filed in respect to the transaction of property (agreement to sell etc.), but an FIR had been filed against the defendants (cheating 420 IPC, breach of trust 406 IPC, etc.). There was no evidence of criminal intent at the beginning of the case: the Court discovered that the dispute was more of a civil nature. Paralleling criminal actions in such a situation would be the abuse of the process. In this way, FIR and other criminal actions were blocked by the Supreme Court.