Supreme Court of India

Nanjappa v. State of Karnataka

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Reported as [2015] 8 S.C.R. 685
Bench T.S. Thakur and Amitava Roy JJ.
Decided 24 July 2015

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the trial and eventual conviction of the appellant by Mr.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

s· Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: s.19 - Sanction required uls. 19- Competency of trial court to take cognizance of offence alleged against the public servant - Held: In the absence of a valid previous sanction required uls.19 of the Act, the trial Court is not competent to take cognizance of the offence alleged - The question regarding validity of such sanction can be raised at any stage of the proceedings - . The competence of the court trying the accused depends upon the existence of a valid sanction - In case the sanction is found to be invalid, the court can discharge the accused

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on

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