Supreme Court of India

Manohar Lal Sharma v. The Principal Secretary and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 17 S.C.R. 1099

Bench R.M. Lodha, Kurian Joseph and Madan B. Lokur JJ.

Decided 17 December 2013

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the approval of the C Central Government is not necessary under Section 6A of the DSPE Act in a matter where inquiry/investigation into the crime under the PC Act is being monitored by th is Court.

Judgment, page 36

From the headnote

DELHI SPECIAL POLICE ESTABLISHMENT ACT, 1946: s. 6- - Approval of Central Government to conduct inquiry or investigation - Court monitored investigation - Allocation of coal blocks - Investigation by CBI - Supreme Court monitoring the investigation - Held: Approval of Central Government is not necessary uls 6A in a matter where inquiry/investigation into the crime under the PC Act is being monitored by Supreme Court - This position holds good in cases which are directed by the Court to be registered and the inquiry/investigation thereon is actually being monitored by it - When Court monitors

Authorities it was built on

1991 K. Veeraswami v. Union of India and Others cited by 53
1998 Supreme Court Bar Association v. Union of India cited by 48
2000 Gadnis Bhawani Shankar v. Faleiro Eduardo Martinho cited by 39
1997 Vineet Narain and Ors v. Union of India and Anr. cited by 38
1954 H. N. Rishbud and Inder Singh v. The State of Delhi cited by 37
1991 Union Carbide Corporation Etc. Etc. v. Union of India Etc. Etc cited by 20
2012 Dr. Subramanian Swamy v. Dr. Manmohan Singh and Another cited by 15
1970 P. Sirajuddin Etc. v. State of Madras Etc. cited by 11
1976 State of U.P. v. Poosu and Another cited by 4
2012 Samaj Parivartan Samudaya & Ors. v. State of Karnataka &ors. cited by 4
1988 Navnit R. Kamani & Ors. v. R.R. Kamani cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2021 Ramgopal & Anr. v. The State of Madhya Pradesh relied on
2023 Maghavendra Pratap Singh @ Pankaj Singh v. State of Chhattisgarh referred to
2021 National Confederation of Officers Association of Central Public Sector Enterprises and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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