Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 122 · Decided 14 April 1977
State of Haryana v. N.C.TANDON
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 122 · [1977] 3 S.C.R. 593
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 126/1977
- Decided
- 14 April 1977
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, R.S. SARKARIA, JASWANT SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 161, 165; Prevention of Corruption Act Section 6, 161, 6(1); Service Rules Section 10
Headnote
B Prevention of Corruption Act, Section 6( 1) (2 )-Sanction for prosecution­ Validity of-Authority empowered to sanction-Delegation of po1ver to sanction. Centtal Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules 1965- Rule 10-Power delegated to the Chief Engineer of Con11nand-Whethcr for an offence under section 5(2) read with s. 5(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and section 161 of the I.P.C·. The conviction was set aside by the High Court on the sole ground that the sanction for his prosecution was not accorded by a competent authority. The
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