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Seeni Nainar Mohammed v. State Rep. by Deputy Superintendent of Police

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Reported as [2017] 3 S.C.R. 312
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and R. F. Nariman JJ.
Decided 27 April 2017

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Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 - s.20A - Cognizance of offence - Prior approval of sanctioning authority - Compliance of - On facts, individual attacked by appellants with weapons, resulting in his death - Conviction of the appellants uls. J 20B rlw ss. 302, 147, 148 and 149 JPC and ss. 3(2), (3), (4) of TADA and sentenced to life imprisonment by courts below - On appeal, held: Section 20- (l) must be construed by indicating that prior approval from the competent authority is mandatory for taking cognizance of offence punishable under TADA - However, sanctioning

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