Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 163 · Decided 25 July 1991
K. Veeraswami v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 163 · [1991] 3 S.C.R. 189
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 400/1979
- Decided
- 25 July 1991
- Bench
- B.C. RAY, K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY, L.M. SHARMA, M.N. VENKATACHALIAH, J.S. VERMA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 19, 21; CrPC Section 154, 173(2), 173(5), 482; Constitution Article 74, 79, 121, 211, 124, 2, 124(4); Prevention of Corruption Act Section 2, 5, 6
Headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947: Ss. 2, 5( l)(e), 5(2), 6( 1)(c)­ Public servant-Possession of pecuniary resources or property dispro­ portionate to known sources of income-Prosecution after superannua­ tion-Previous sanction-Whether necessary. Judge of High Court/Supreme Act-Sanctioning authority-Who is. Sanctioning authority-Whether vertically superior in the hier- c archy in which office of the public servant exists. D Cl. (c) of s. 6( 1)-Whether independent of and separate from clauses (a) and (b )-Rule of ejusdem generis-Applicability of. Independence of
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