Supreme Court of India
Matajog Dobey v. H. C. Bhari
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the orders of the High Court are cor rect and dismiss these two appeals.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Constitution of India, Art. 14--Criminal Procedure Code (Act V of 1898), s. 197-Whether ultra vires the Constitution-Sanction undr:r s. 197-Reasonable connection between the act and discharge of Official duty-Need for sanction-When to be considered-Power con ferred or duty imposed-Implies power of employing all means for execution thereof. 1n pursuance of a search warrant issued under s. 6 of the Taxa 'tion on Income (Investigation Commission) Act, 1947 authorising four Officials to search two premises in Calcutta, they went there and forcibly broke open the entrance door of a flat in one
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Where later benches applied it
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- 2020 D. Devaraja v. Owais Sabeer Hussain
- 2016 Devinder Singh & Ors. v. State of Punjab through Cbi
- 2012 Om Prakash & Ors. v. State of Jharkhand through the Secretary, Department of Home, Ranchl-i & Anr.
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- 2024 Gurmeet Kaur v. Devender Gupta & Another
- 2019 M/s Tecnimont Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Punjab & Others
- 2014 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Director, Centeral Bureau of Investigation & Anr.
- 2024 Nara Chandrababu Naidu v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Anr.
- 2015 Prof. N. K. Ganguly v. Cbi New Delhi
- 2001 P.K. Pradhan v. State of Sikkim Represented by the Central Bureau
- 1999 N.K. Ogle v. Sanwaldas @ Sanwalmal Ahuja
- 1997 Suresh Kumar Bhikamchand Jain v. Pandey Ajay Bhushan and Ors.
- 1980 Shukla v. State (delhi Administration)
- 1979 B. Saha and Ors. v. M. S. Kochar
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 followed · 4 referred to · 7 mentioned
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