Supreme Court of India

State through Central Bureau of Investigation v. Parmeshwaran Subramani and Anr.

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Reported as [2009] 14 S.C.R. 385
Bench R.V. Raveendran and B. Sudershan Reddy JJ.
Decided 11 September 2009

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: s.12 - Previous sanction of government as required under s. 19 is not c necessary for taking cognizance of offence punishable under s. 12 of the Act. Interpretation of Statutes: Courts cannot add words to a 4 statute or read words into it which are not there-Where there is no ambiguity and intention of legislature is clearly conveyed, there is no scope for the Court to undertake any exercise to read something into the provision which the legislature in its wisdom consciously omitted - Such exercise if undertaken by courts may amount to amending or altering

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