Supreme Court · 1961 INSC 48 · Decided 16 February 1961
Maharudrappa Danappa Kesarappanavar v. The State of Mysore
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1961 INSC 48 · [1962] 1 S.C.R. 129
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 154/1959
- Decided
- 16 February 1961
- Bench
- K. SUBBA RAO, RAGHUBAR DAYAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 21; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2), 2
Headnote
1. • "' . , 1 S.C.R. SUPREME COURT REPORTS 129 MAHARUDRAPPA DANAPPA KESARAPP AN AV AR v. THE STATE OF MYSORE (K. SUBBA RAO and RAGHUBAR DAYAL, JJ.) Municipality-Chairman of Managing Committee empowered to order payment of bills'] or fixed recurring charges-If public servant -Prevention arising for determination was whether the Chairman of the Managing Committee of a Municipality who could order payment of bills for fixed recurring charges was a "public servant" within the meaning of s. 21 of the Indian Penal Code. Held, that the power to make payment of fixed
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