Supreme Court of India

Rattan Lal v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1964] 7 S.C.R. 676
Bench K. Subba Rao J.
Decided 10 April 1964

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The order of the High Court be set aside and High Court be directed to make an order under s. 6 or if it so desires, remand the case to the Sessions Court for doing so. It is true that ordinarily, this court is reluc­ tant to. allow a party to raise a point for the first time before it, but in this case. both the Additional Sessions Judge and the High Court ignored the mandatory provisions of the Act. It i< true that the appellant did not bring the provisions of the Act to the notice of the Court till after the disposal of the revision . petition, but that does not absolve the court from

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