Supreme Court of India

H. N. Rishbud and Inder Singh v. The State of Delhi

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Reported as [1955] 1 S.C.R. 1150
Bench Mukherjea, Vivian. Bose and Jagannadhams JJ.
Decided 14 December 1954

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What the Court ordered

In the result, therefore, Criminal Appeal No. 95 of 1954 is dismissed.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 (II of 1947), s. 5(4) .and pro­ tJiso to s. 3-Prevention of Corruption (Second Amendment) Act, 1952 (LIX of 1952), s 5- -Whether mandatory or directory-Cognizance taken on a police report vitiated by a breach of mandatory provisions .,-Legal effect thereof. Held, that s. 5(4) and proviso to s. 3 of the Prevention of Cor­ ruption Act, 1947 (II of 1947) and the corresponding s. 5- of the Prevention of Corruption (Second Amendment) Act, 1952 (LIX of 1952) are mandatory and not directory and that an investigation Conducteq in violation thereof is illegal. If

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 5 relied on · 9 referred to · 23 mentioned

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