Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 135 · Decided 26 February 2004
M.A. Kuttappan v. E. Krlshnan Nayanar and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 135 · [2004] 2 S.C.R. 668
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 450/1997
- Decided
- 26 February 2004
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 482
Headnote
. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989; Section 3(J)(x)/Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 482: . Complaint in the Court of Special Judge-DerogatOJ)' remarks against a Scheduled Caste ML.A. allegedly made by the Chief Minister in full view of summoning him to stand trial-Challenge to-:-Order quashed by High Court holding that no offence was made out-On appeal; D Held: Since Special Judge had no jurisdiction to entertain a complaint directly, he erred in taking cognizance of the offence and issuing process without committal of the
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