Supreme Court of India

Hussein Ghadially @m.h.g.a. Shaikh & Ors. v. State of Gujarat

Neutral citation
Reported as [2014] 9 S.C.R. 364
Bench T.S. Thakur and C. Nagappan JJ.
Decided 18 July 2014

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4 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 - s. 20A - Cognizance of offence - Registration of FIR - Prior approval of District Superintendent of Police - Mandatory or directory - Held: Is mandatory - s. 20A forbids recording of information about the commission of offences under TADA by the Police without the prior approval of the District Superintendent of Police - When the statute vests the grant of approval in an authority specifically designated for the purpose, no one except the authority so designated, can exercise that power, whether superior or inferior- Exercise of the

Where later benches applied it

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

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