Supreme Court of India

Harpal Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [2007] 12 S.C.R. 830
Bench G.P. Mathur and G.S. Singhvi JJ.
Decided 4 December 2007

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Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987-ss. l 2, 18 and 20A(2)-Designated TADA Court-Jurisdiction of-To take cognizance of offences under other Acts than the TADA-Held: Designated TADA Court gets jurisdiction to try any other offence only if it has the jurisdiction and is trying an offence under TADA-On facts, since there was no sanction of the Inspector General of Police or of the Commissioner of Police as required under s.20- (2) a/TADA, the Designated TADA Court lacked inherent jurisdiction to try accused­ appellant for offence under TADA-Consequently, it could not have

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Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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