Supreme Court of India

State of Himachal Pradesh v. Nishant Sareen

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Reported as [2010] 13 S.C.R. 1200
Bench Aftab Alam and R. M. Lodha JJ.
Decided 9 December 2010

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - s. 19 - Previous sanction necessary for prosecution - Reviewing of order granting or refusing sanction to prosecute public servant on same materials by sanctioning authority - Permissibility of - Held: Not permissible - Power of the sanctioning authority being not of continuing character could be exercised only once on the same materials - On basis of the fresh materials collected by the investigating agency subsequent to the earlier order, sanctioning authority can reconsider the matter and form an opinion to grant sanction to prosecute the public servant

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