Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 12 · Decided 23 January 1978
Ram Chander Singh Sagar and ANR. v. State of Tamil Nadu and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 12 · [1978] 2 S.C.R. 604
- Case number
- TRANSFER PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 40/1977
- Decided
- 23 January 1978
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, JASWANT SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 406
Headnote
Power of Supreme Court to transfer criminal cases-Scope of S. 406 of Criminal Procedure Code (Act IL of 1974), 1973 (1898 <:ode S. 527) r/w Order XXXVi S, C. Rules 1966. 1'he Petitioners moved this Court u/s 406 Crl. P. C., 1973 r/w Order XX.XVI Supreme Court Rules, 1966, when their matter was of transfer of the case to some other court. Dis1nissing the petition for tran~fer, the Court HELD : The Code of Crin1i11al Procedure clolhes the Supre1ne (,'ourt with power u/s 406 to transfer a case for appeal from one High Court or a Court subordinate to one High Court to another High Court
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