2014 verdict will have retrospective effect, senior officers to lose immunity in corruption cases: SC

 2014 verdict will have retrospective effect, senior officers to lose immunity in corruption cases: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court ruled on Monday a provision of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, which made the Centre’s approval mandatory before launching a probe in corruption cases against officers of the rank of joint secretary and above in the central government, will stand nullified since the date of its insertion on September 11, 2003. In a unanimous verdict, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul ruled that the apex court’s May 6, 2014 verdict, which had struck down section 6-A (1) of ...

Source: Millennium Post