Public Servant facing Criminal Misconduct charges is not bound to furnish explanation in absence of proof
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and AM Khanwilkar, JJ held that a public servant facing charge of
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Expression “the public servant or his administrative superior” under Section 195 CrPC includes High Court
Supreme Court: Explaining the scope of the expression “the public servant or his administrative superior” under Section 195(1) (a)(i) CrPC, the bench
Employee of a Public Sector Undertaking not a ‘public servant’ under S. 197 CrPC
Supreme Court: Deciding the question as to whether an employee of a Public Sector Undertaking can be considered to be ‘Public servant’
Criminal defamation law constitutionally valid; right to free speech does not mean the right to defame others
Supreme Court: Writing down the 268 pages long judgment where the constitutional validity of Sections 499 and 500 IPC and Sections 199(1)
Chief Cane Officer of Tirutthani Cooperative Sugar Mills is a ‘public servant’ under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Madras High Court: While deciding that whether the Cane Officer of a Cooperative Sugar Mill comes under the category of ‘public servant’