Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 623 · Decided 20 May 2022
S.P. Velumani v. Arappor Iyakkam and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 623 · [2022] 7 S.C.R. 1067
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 867/2022
- Decided
- 20 May 2022
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, KRISHNA MURARI, HIMA KOHLI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 109, 120, 409, 420; CrPC Section 207; Constitution Article 21; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2), 13(1)(c), 13(1)(d)
Headnote
Investigation: Preliminary enquiry report of Superintendent of Police - Non-disclosure of - On facts, in a corruption case against the appellant-Cabinet Minister, the High Court ordered a preliminary enquiry by a Superintendent of Police, Directorate of Vigilance in turn submitted a final report - High Court obtained the report, however, without furnishing a copy thereof to the appellant, unceremoniously closed the writ petition - Held: When the State has not pleaded any specific privilege which bars disclosure of material utilized in the
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