https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168247 Section 149(3) of the Gujarat Cooperative Societies Act, 1961 does not require a prior hearing to the accused before sanction for prosecution is granted by the Registrar. The statutory hearing requirement is confined to the sanction contemplated in the first part of the provision, which concerns sanction by the State Government for offences under Section 147(1)(c). Extending that requirement to the Registrar would add words to plain statutory language and produce an unworkable scheme, because the hearing and sanction would rest with different authorities. The High Court's contrary direction was therefore unsustainable. en-us Tue, 03 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168247 Section 149(3) of the Gujarat Cooperative Societies Act, 1961 does not require a prior hearing to the accused before sanction for prosecution is granted by the Registrar. The statutory hearing requirement is confined to the sanction contemplated in the first part of the provision, which concerns sanction by the State Government for offences under Section 147(1)(c). Extending that requirement to the Registrar would add words to plain statutory language and produce an unworkable scheme, because the hearing and sanction would rest with different authorities. The High Court's contrary direction was therefore unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 03 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168247