Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 273 · Decided 27 July 1998
State of Karnataka and ORS. v. Kempaiah
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 273 · [1998] 3 S.C.R. 910
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 722/1998
- Decided
- 27 July 1998
- Bench
- M.K. MUKHERJEE, S.S.M. QUADRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2)
Headnote
Criminal Law : Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984 : Sections 2(1), 2(2) and 7. "Action"-Meaning and scope of-Amassing of wealth by public servant-Held: Not covered- Expression "Jn any other manner" in S.2 (1) cannot be so interpreted as to mean actions which have no nexus to any Interpretation of Statutes : lnterpretution-Ejusdem Generis-Rule of-Explained Words and Phrases :"Action" and "in any other manner" "Action" and "in any other manner"-Meaning of-In the context of S.2(1) of the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984. The
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