TNPSC Thervupettagam

Immunity in pre-2014 corruption cases

September 20 , 2023 303 days 270 0
  • The Supreme Court held that its 2014 ruling which struck down Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act would be applied retrospectively.
  • Section 6A of this act introduced in the Act in 2003.
  • It provided that sanction from the central government was mandatory before the CBI could conduct probes in corruption cases against bureaucrats of the rank of joint secretary and above.
  • The Court stated that Section 6A violated fundamental rights and that once a law is declared unconstitutional, it is void from its inception.

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