Supreme Court of India

Dilawar Singh v. Parvinder Singh@ Iqbal Singh and Anr.

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 83

Bench H.K. Sema and G.P. Mathur JJ.

Decided 8 November 2005

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the impugned order of the High Court directing summoning of the appellant Dilawar Singh is wholly illegal and cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: Sections 19 & 13(2)-Prosecution of public servant-Necessity of previous sanction-Two accused-Sanction for prosecution granted qua only one accused-Closure report in favour of Appellant, the other accused Dismissal of application filed by Respondent No.I under S.319 CrPC for summoning Appellant as a co-accused-Revision against-Direction of High Court to summon Appellant for prosecution-Validity of-Held, invalid Appe/lant for whose prosecution no sanction was granted, cannot be summoned to face prosecution-The Act being a special statute, S.19 thereof has

Authorities it was built on

1984 Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education and Anr. v. Paritosh Bhupesh Kumar Sheth Etc. cited by 22

Where later benches applied it

2016 Surinderjit Singh Mand & Anr. v. State of Punjab & Anr. relied on
2024 The State of Punjab v. Partap Singh Verka referred to
2015 Prasad Shrikant Purohit v. State of Maharashtra & Anr referred to
2014 Sundeep Kumar Bafna v. State of Maharashtra & Anr. referred to
2012 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Dr. Manmohan Singh and Another referred to
2014 P.C. Mishra v. State (c.b.i.) & Anr. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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