Supreme Court of India
Hussein Ghadially @m.h.g.a. Shaikh & Ors. v. State of Gujarat
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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
Authorities it was built on
- 1951 Commissioner of Police, Bombay v. Gordhandas Bhanji
- 1963 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Singhara Singh and Others
- 2008 Gujarat Urja Vikash Nigam Ltd. v. Essar Power Ltd.
- 2010 Manohar Lal (d) by Lrs. v. Ugrasen (d) by Lrs. & Ors.
- 2011 The Joint Action Commitiee of Airlines Pilots Associations of India & Ors. v. The Director General of Civil Aviation & Ors.
- 1995 Anirudhsinhji Karansinhji Jadeja and Anr. v. The State of Gujarat
- 2012 Ashrafkhan @ Babu Munnekhan Pathan v. State of Gujarat
- 2011 Rangku Dutta @ Ranjan Kumar Dutta v. State of Assam
- 2011 Manjit Singh @ Mange v. Cbi, through its S.P.
- 1998 Mohd. Iqbal M. Shaikh and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra
- 2001 Dhananjaya Reddy Etc. v. State of Karn at Aka
- 1996 Ahmad Umar Saeed Sheikh v. State of Uttar Pradesh
Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Ebha Arjun Jadeja & Ors. v. The State of Gujarat
- 2024 Fuleshwar Gope v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2017 Seeni Nainar Mohammed v. State Rep. by Deputy Superintendent of Police
- 2015 Laxmi Devi v. State of Bihar & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned
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