Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 115 · Decided 19 February 2014
P.L. Tatwal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 115 · [2014] 2 S.C.R. 1116
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 456/2014
- Decided
- 19 February 2014
- Bench
- S. J. MUKHOPADHAYA, KURIAN JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 19(1)(c), 13(1)(d), 13(2)
Headnote
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988: s. 19 (1) (c) rlw 13 (1) (d) and 13 (2) - Previous sanction -- Competent Authority - Assistant Engineer appointed when Corporation was ruled by Administrator - Sanction accorded by Standing Committee of Corporation - Held: Administrator D is only an ad Government u/s 424 of Municipal Corporation Act when an elected committee is superseded or dissolved -- Standing Committee being appointing authority of appellant, was the competent aut/1ority to accord sanction - Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation E Act, 1956 - SS. 58 and 424. s. 19 - Previous
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