Supreme Court · 1954 INSC 35 · Decided 30 March 1954
S A Venkataraman v. The Union of India and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1954 INSC 35 · [1954] 1 S.C.R. 1150
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 72/1954
- Decided
- 30 March 1954
- Bench
- BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, SUDHI RANJAN DAS, T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 5(2); Constitution Article 20(2), 32, 311(2); Prevention of Corruption Act Section 5(2)
Headnote
30. 1150 SUPREME COURT REPORTS S.A. VENKATARAMAN v. THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER. [MuKHERJEA, S. R. DAs, BHAGWATI, [1954] JAGANNADHA DAS and VENKATARAMA AYYAR JJ.] Constitution of India, art. 20(2)-Enquiry made under Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850-Whether amounts to prosecution and and punishment for an offence as contem­ plated by art. 20(2) of the Constitution. Maqbool Hussain v. The State of Bombay ([1953] S.C.R. 703); Willis on Constitutional Law, p. 528; and Shenton v. Smith ([1895] A.C. 229); Venkata Rao v. The Secretary of State for India (64 I.A. 55);
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