Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 813 · Decided 22 November 2011
Dinesh Kumar v. Chairman, Airport Authority of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 813 · [2011] 13 S.C.R. 260
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2170/2011
- Decided
- 22 November 2011
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: c s.19 - Sanction for prosecution - Significance and importance of - Held: The sanction is not an empty formality but a sacrosanct act which affords protection to government servants against frivolous prosecutions - Validity of sanction order placed before the 0 sanctioning authority - Where sanction order exists but its validity and legality is put in question, such issue has to be raised in the course of trial - lri the instant case, cognizance was already taken against the appellants by the trial court - High Court while
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