Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 526 · Decided 6 August 2014
Manzoor Ali Khan v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 526 · [2014] 7 S.C.R. 569
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 305/2007
- Decided
- 6 August 2014
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 19
Headnote
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988: A B s. 19 - Previous sanction necessary for prosecution - C Writ petition seeking to declare the provision as unconstitutional on the ground that the provision is being used to protect dishonest and corrupt politicians and Government officials ..:.. Direction registered and investigated under the provisions of the Act D without sanction as required u/s 19 - Held: Requirement of sanction uls 19 has salutary object of protecting an innocent public servant against unwarranted and ma/a fide prosecution - Mere possibility of abuse cannot be a ground to
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