New Delhi, April 9 -- Can the law step back when life moves on? Answering in the affirmative, the Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man who eloped with a minor but later married her, saying continuation of the case would disrupt their "happy life". A bench of justices Vikram Nath and NV Anjaria underscored that the ultimate aim of the justice system is to deliver substantive and meaningful justice, which may sometimes require discontinuing proceedings when circumstances so demand. "Aim of all legal proceedings is to arrive at justice, a meaningful and substantive. In some cases, the justice is done by bringing home the outcome in accordance with law, whereas in some matters, the action in law would deserve to be halte...