Supreme Court of India
Rangku Dutta @ Ranjan Kumar Dutta v. State of Assam
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What the Court ordered
We hold that it is not the requirement under Section 20-A(1) to have the prior approval only in writing.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 - s.20- (1) - Conviction of appellant-accused by Designated TADA Court - Challenged -on ground of. violation of the provisions contained under s.20( )(1) - Held: The Parliament through s. 20- has clearly manifested its intention to treat the offences under TADA seriously inasmuch as under s,20- (1), notwithstanding anything contained in the CrPC, no information about the commission of an offence under 1ADA o shall even be recorded without the prior approval of the District Superintendent of Police - It is not the requirement under
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Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Ebha Arjun Jadeja & Ors. v. The State of Gujarat
- 2016 Mohd. Jalees Ansari and Others v. Central Bureau of Investigation
- 2024 Fuleshwar Gope v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2023 Dhanraj N Asawani v. Amarjeet Singh Mohinder Singh Basi and Others
- 2014 Hussein Ghadially @m.h.g.a. Shaikh & Ors. v. State of Gujarat
Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to
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