Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 259 · Decided 23 March 2017
State of Bihar and Others ETC. v. Anil Kumar and Others ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 259 · [2017] 6 S.C.R. 711
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4397/2017
- Decided
- 23 March 2017
- Bench
- J.S. KHEHAR, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, SANJAY KISHAN KAUL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; SC/ST Act
Headnote
711 STATE OF BIHAR AND OTHERS ETC. v. ANIL KUMAR AND OTHERS ETC. (Civil Appeal Nos. 4397-4400of2017) MARCH 23, 2017 [JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR, CJI, DR. D. Y. CHANDRACHUD AND SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, JJ.) A B . Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of c Atrocities) Act, 1989 - ss.9, 23 - wherein r. 7 vested the investigative authority. for offences committed under SCST Act with an officer not below the rank of a DSP - However, appellant-State in exercise of power D vested in it u/s.9, SCST Act issued a notification allowing the investigative process to be ca_rried by officers
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