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PETITIONER: S.A. VENKATARAMAN
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 30/03/1954
BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. BENCH: MUKHERJEA, B.K. AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BHAGWATI, NATWARLAL H. JAGANNADHADAS, B.
CITATION: 1954 AIR 375 1954 SCR 1150 CITATOR INFO : F 1956 SC 66 (17,26) F 1958 SC 36 (25) R 1959 SC 375 (30) R 1960 SC 493 (11) RF 1961 SC 29 (22) D 1961 SC 751 (24)
ACT: Constitution of India, art. 20(2)--Enquiry made under Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850-Whether amounts to prosecution and punishment within the meaning of art. 20(2).
HEADNOTE: Held that an enquiry made and concluded under -the Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 (A-at XXXVII of 185O), does not amount to prosecution and punishment for an offence as contemplated by art. 20(2) of the Constitution. Maqbool Hussain v. The State of Bombay ([1953] S.C.R. 703); Willis on Constitutional Law, p. 528; and Shenton v. Smith ([18951 A.C. 229); Venkata Rao v. The Secretary of State for India (64 I.A. 55); Government of India Act, 1935, s. 240(3); referred to.
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