https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248080 Where a Joint Secretary-level public servant was named in the FIR and the information disclosed an urgent, contemporaneous trap for illegal gratification, the Delhi HC held that the CBI could commence investigation without prior Central Government approval under the urgency exception in Section 6A(2) of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946. The Court further held that the subsequent recovery, arrests of co-accused, disclosure statements, raids and the petitioner's arrest were part of the same continuing investigation, so no fresh approval was required before arrest. The CBI Crime Manual guideline relied on was found inapplicable on these facts. en-us Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 31 May 2014 14:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248080 Where a Joint Secretary-level public servant was named in the FIR and the information disclosed an urgent, contemporaneous trap for illegal gratification, the Delhi HC held that the CBI could commence investigation without prior Central Government approval under the urgency exception in Section 6A(2) of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946. The Court further held that the subsequent recovery, arrests of co-accused, disclosure statements, raids and the petitioner's arrest were part of the same continuing investigation, so no fresh approval was required before arrest. The CBI Crime Manual guideline relied on was found inapplicable on these facts. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=248080