Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 494 · Decided 18 July 2014
Hussein Ghadially @M.H.G.A. Shaikh & ORS. v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 494 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 364
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 92/2009
- Decided
- 18 July 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC
Headnote
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 - s. 20A - Cognizance of offence - Registration of FIR - Prior C approval of District Superintendent of Police - Mandatory or directory - Held: Is mandatory - s. 20A forbids recording of information about the commission of offences under the prior approval of the District Superintendent of Police - When the statute vests the grant D of approval in an authority specifically designated for the purpose, no one except the authority so designated, can exercise that power, whether superior or inferior- Exercise of the power granting or
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