Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra through C.B.I. v. Mahesh G. Jain

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Reported as [2013] 3 S.C.R. 850
Decided 28 May 2013

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5 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: c s.19(1) read with ss. 7, 13(1)(d) and 2 - Public servant- Sanction for prosecution - Demand and acceptance of illegal gratification - Trial court on merits holding against accused, but acquitting him solely on the ground that sanction order was defective - Hih Court declining leave to appeal prayed by prosecution - Held: When there is an order of sanction by competent authority indicating application of mind, the same should not be lightly dealt with - Minor irregularities and flimsy technicalities are to be ignored and cannot be allowed to become tools

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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