Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 169 · Decided 15 March 2013
Niranjan Hemchandra Sashittal and Another v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 169 · [2013] 4 S.C.R. 767
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 50/2012
- Decided
- 15 March 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 21; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2), 13(1)(e)
Headnote
A B Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 32 - Powers under - Exercise of -Scope - Accused, a public servant, allegedly acquired disproportionate assets - Trial under the Prevention C of Corruption Act - Prayer for quashing of the trial on the ground of delay - Held: No time limit can of criminal trial - The delay caused has to be weighed on the factual score, regard being had to the nature of the offence and the concept of social justice and the cry of the D collective - In the case at hand, the gravity of the offence is not to be adjudged on the bedrock of the quantum
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