B.S. GORAYA vs U.T. OF CHANDIGARH — Crl.A. No. 1205/1999

Case Summary: B.S. Goraya v. U.T. of Chandigarh The Supreme Court dismissed B.S. Goraya's appeal against charge-framing under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Goraya, an Army Colonel, argued that since his dismissal order was later set aside, he should be deemed continuously in service and therefore entitled to sanction protection under Section 19 of the Act. The Court rejected this, holding that legal deeming provisions apply only for their specific purpose and cannot be extended beyond it—his actual status at the time of charge-filing (dismissed from service on 27.1.1993) governed sanction requirements, not a retrospective deemed status. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.