Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 488 · Decided 6 October 2005
Center for Public Interest Litigation and Anr . v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 488 · [2005] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 77
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 387/2005
- Decided
- 6 October 2005
- Bench
- RUMA PAL, ARIJIT PASAYAT, C.K. THAKKER (3-judge bench)
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 197
Headnote
B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 197-Public servant­ Protection under S.197-Scope of-Held: S.197 does not extend its protective cover to every act or omission done by a public servant in service but restricts C its scope of operation to only those acts or omissions which are done by it is prima facie found that the act or omission for which the accused was charged had reasonable connection with discharge of his duty then it must be held to be official to which applicability of S.197 cannot be disputed~Words and Phrases-"Official duty"-Meaning of D Public Interest
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