Supreme Court of India

Union Public Service Commission v. S. Papaiah and Ors.

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Reported as [1997] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 56
Bench Dr. A.S. Anand and K. Venkataswami JJ.
Decided 11 September 1997

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3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the learned Magistrate was not justified in accepting the final report of the CBI and closing the case without any notice to the appellant and behind its back.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973-Section 173-Union Public Service Commission-Conducted examination-Unfair means in the Examination- Investigation by CBI-Final report submitted to Magistrate-No notice to appellant to file objections on report-Final report accepted by Magistrate­ Request for reinvestigation rejected-Revision petition dismissed by Add. Sessions Judge-Held, issuance of notice by the Magistrate before accepting final report is a ''must' '-The Sessions Judge erred in dismissing the revision petition-Matter remitted to Metropolitan Magistrate-Directions to CBI to further Investigate

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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