Supreme Court of India

Mohd. Hadi Raja Etc. v. State of Bihar and Anr.

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Reported as [1998] 3 S.C.R. 22

Bench G.N. Ray J.

Decided 28 April 1998

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From the headnote

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. Sections 197 and 2(y)-''Public servant''-Judge, magistrate and public servant not to be prosecuted or removed from their office for any offence alleged to have been committed in discharge of his official duties-Whether sanction is required to be taken for prosecution officers of public undertakings or government companies even if such companies fall within the definition of State under Article l 2-Held, no-These instrumentalities or agencies of the State, even though perform some of the functions of the State , have their own separate entity and cannot be

Authorities it was built on

1980 Fertilizer Corporation Kamgar Union (regd.), Sindri and Others v. Union of India and Others cited by 10
1997 K. Jayamohan v. State of Kerala and Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2025 Central Bureau of Investigation v. Ramesh Chander Diwan referred to
2024 Directorate of Enforcement v. Bibhu Prasad Acharya, Etc. referred to
2016 Punjab State Warehousing Corp. v. Bhushan Chander & Anr. referred to
2011 The National Textile Corporation Ltd. v. Nareshkumar Badrikumar Jagad & Ors. referred to

Of those, 4 referred to

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