Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh v. Avadh Kishore Gupta and Ors.

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 672
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasa Yat JJ.
Decided 18 November 2003

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; Section 482/Prevention of . Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(1)(e): Petition to quash the investigation and the proceedings against a Government Servant under Prevention of Corruption Act-High Court quashed the proceedings holding that the evidence collected does not suggest that if prosecuted the Government servant would be liable for conviction-On appeal, Held: Since no procedural enactment could be exhaustive, inherent powers vested with the Courts to do the right and to undo the wrong while administering justice-However, no inflexible rule governing

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