https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168330 Prevention of Corruption Act coverage extends to Supreme Court and High Court Judges because the Penal Code definition of public servant includes every Judge; constitutional removal safeguards do not confer immunity from criminal prosecution. Prior sanction is linked to the authority competent to remove the Judge, identified as the President, with consultation of the Chief Justice of India required before criminal registration and at the sanction stage. Sanction is unnecessary where the Judge had ceased to be a public servant before cognizance. Disproportionate-assets liability arises when the prosecution establishes assets beyond known income sources, after which the accused must account for them on a preponderance of probabilities; investigators need not conduct a quasi-adjudicatory inquiry before filing the charge-sheet. en-us Thu, 25 Jul 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168330 Prevention of Corruption Act coverage extends to Supreme Court and High Court Judges because the Penal Code definition of public servant includes every Judge; constitutional removal safeguards do not confer immunity from criminal prosecution. Prior sanction is linked to the authority competent to remove the Judge, identified as the President, with consultation of the Chief Justice of India required before criminal registration and at the sanction stage. Sanction is unnecessary where the Judge had ceased to be a public servant before cognizance. Disproportionate-assets liability arises when the prosecution establishes assets beyond known income sources, after which the accused must account for them on a preponderance of probabilities; investigators need not conduct a quasi-adjudicatory inquiry before filing the charge-sheet. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Jul 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168330