Supreme Court of India

M/s. Fertico Marketing and Investment Pvt. Ltd and Ors. Etc. v. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another Etc.

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Reported as [2020] 12 S.C.R. 956

Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and B. R. Gavai JJ.

Decided 17 November 2020

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we find no reason to interfere with the finding of the High Court with regard to not obtaining prior consent of the State Government under Section 6 of the DSPE Act.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946: s.6 – Consent under – Scope of – FIR by CBI alleging of fences u/ss. 120B and 420 IPC and s. 13(2) r/w. s. 13(1)(d) of Prevent ion of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) – Against Director of coal- purchasing company and unknown public servants – Du ring investigation two public servants of the State Government we re found to be part of the conspiracy – Charge-sheet filed agains t the Director of the coal-purchasing company and against the publ ic servants after obtaining sanction u/s. 19 of PC Act – Petitio ns u/s. 482 Cr. P. . seeking quashing of the

Authorities it was built on

1954 H. N. Rishbud and Inder Singh v. The State of Delhi cited by 37
2004 Shri S.K. Zutshi and Anr. v. Shri Bimal Debnath and Anr. cited by 12
2003 Union of India v. Prakash P. Hinduja and Anr. cited by 9
2012 Ms. Mayawati v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 3
1987 State of Karnataka v. Kuppuswamy Gownder cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2025 The State, Central Bureau of Investigation v. A. Satish Kumar & Ors. relied on
2022 Jigar @ Jimmy Pravinchandra Adatiya v. State of Gujarat mentioned
2022 Gangadhar Narayan Nayak @ Gangadhar Hiregutti v. State of Karnataka & Ors. mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 mentioned

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