Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 180 · Decided 15 September 1978
Parmanand Dass v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 180 · [1979] 1 S.C.R. 792
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 482/1976
- Decided
- 15 September 1978
- Bench
- JASWANT SINGH, P.S. KAILASAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 6
Headnote
Sanctioning authority for the purposes of Section 6 of the Preve11Jion of Corruption Act under the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 as aniended by Act II of 1970-Whether subsequent sancrion is invalid since an I earlier sanction was held to be invalid. The prosecution of the appellant, to be bad by the Special Judge, since the sanction for the prosecution under Section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was granted by the Commissioner instead of the Standing Committee of the Hydera­ bad Municipality. He was, therefore, reinstated in service and when the Com­
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