Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 694 · Decided 15 October 1997
MOHD. Yunus v. State of Gujarat
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 694 · [1997] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 494
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 741/1997
- Decided
- 15 October 1997
- Bench
- G.N. RAY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 : Section 20A, 3 and 5. TADA Accused-Charge under Sections 3 and 5-Condition precedent for invoking provisions-Prior approval of statutory authority for initiating criminal proceedings-Failure to comply with-Effect of Appellant accused 20 A(J) not obtained-Application filed by appellant for dropping the charges for non compliance with mandatory provisions of section WA-Rejection by Designated Court-Appeal before Supreme Court-Held, prior approval of statutory authority is mandatory-Such a permission should be in
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