{"id":31169,"date":"2013-12-17T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T07:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31169"},"modified":"2013-12-17T12:32:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T07:02:14","slug":"government-sanction-needed-probe-public-servants-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/government-sanction-needed-probe-public-servants-sc","title":{"rendered":"Government sanction not needed to probe public servants: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/sc-notice-to-unitech-md\/supreme-court-212\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29468\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29468\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-notice-to-unitech-md\/supreme-court-212\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/supreme-court.jpg?fit=289%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"289,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"supreme court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/supreme-court.jpg?fit=289%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29468 alignright\" alt=\"supreme court\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/supreme-court-150x90.jpg?resize=150%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/supreme-court.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/supreme-court.jpg?w=289&amp;ssl=1 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court said on Tuesday there was no need for a prior sanction of the central government to launch an inquiry against a public servant in a court-monitored CBI investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Answering in negative on whether central government\u2019s prior sanction under section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act was necessary before a public servant could be proceeded against, the apex court bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice Kurian Joseph, by its majority verdict, said that no such government nod was necessary.<\/p>\n<p>In a concurring order but with different reasoning, Justice Madan B. Lokur too held that no prior government sanction was required to inquire into or investigate a public servant.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court order came on the plea by the CBI contending that there was no need for prior government sanction to inquire a public servant in court-monitored cases.<\/p>\n<p>The question arose in the course of the ongoing hearing by the court in the coal scam.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court said on Tuesday there was no need for a prior sanction of the central government to launch an inquiry against a public servant in a court-monitored CBI investigation. 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