Supreme Court of India

Central Bureau of Investigation, Bank Securities & Fraud Cell v. Ramesh Gelli and Others

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Reported as [2016] 1 S.C.R. 762
Bench Ranjan Gogoi J.
Decided 23 February 2016

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid, there is no escape from the conclusion that the appellant is a public servant within the meaning of Section 21 of the Penal Code. xxx xxx xxx.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - s. 13(2) read with s. J 3(1)(d) - Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - s. 46A - Chairman, Directors and Officers of GTE-private bank, before its amalgamation with the Oriental Bank of Commerce - Whether public servants for the purposes of their prosecution in respect of offences punishable under the PC Act - Held: Chairman/Managing Director and Executive Director of GTE bank are public servants for the purposes of PC Act by virtue of s. 46A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Jn view of definition of public servant in s. 46A as amended, the Managing Director

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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