Supreme Court of India
Mukhtiar Ahmed Ansari v. State (n.c.t. of Delhi)
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What the Court ordered
We hold that it is not the requirement under Section 20A(l) to have the prior approval only in writing.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987-Sections 5 & 20A-Arms Act, 1959-Section 25(/ )-Conviction of appellant for consciously possessingfire arms and ammunitions without licence in a"notified area"-Conviction under both TADA and the Arms Act-Propriety of-On facts, held, improper-Proceedings under TADA were vitiated since prior approval of the District Superintendent of Police under S.20A(J) for recording FIR under TADA was not obtained-On merits too, the Designated Court erred in passing conviction-It wrongly placed reliance upon facts of a kidnapping case in which
Where later benches applied it
- 2012 Ashrafkhan @ Babu Munnekhan Pathan v. State of Gujarat
- 2023 Ranvir Singh Etc. Etc. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2013 Safi Mohd. v. State of Rajasthan
- 2013 Sanaullah Khan v. State of Bihar
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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