Supreme Court of India
Dinesh Kumar v. Chairman, Airport Authority of India and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above contentions and the factual and legal position indicated above, we are satisfied that the impugned order does riot call for any in!erference.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: c s.19 - Sanction for prosecution - Significance and importance of - Held: The sanction is not an empty formality but a sacrosanct act which affords protection to government servants against frivolous prosecutions - Validity of sanction order depends upon the material placed before the 0 sanctioning authority - Where sanction order exists but its validity and legality is put in question, such issue has to be raised in the course of trial - lri the instant case, cognizance was already taken against the appellants by the trial court - High Court while
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 State Rep. by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti Corruption Chennai City-i Department v. G. Easwaran
- 2013 C.B.I. v. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal
- 2024 Fuleshwar Gope v. Union of India & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to
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