https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175555 Sanction for prosecution under section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 is valid only if granted by the authority competent, at the time of the alleged offence, to remove the public servant from office. The power to appoint ordinarily carries the power to dismiss or remove under section 16 of the General Clauses Act unless a contrary intention appears. On the service rules examined, the delegation relied on did not extend to the Chief Engineer, North Western Zone, because the relevant order covered only Chief Engineers of the Commands and no valid delegation to the Zonal Chief Engineer before the sanction date was shown. The sanction was therefore invalid, and the conviction could not stand. en-us Thu, 14 Apr 1977 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 26 Nov 2015 14:34:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175555 Sanction for prosecution under section 6 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 is valid only if granted by the authority competent, at the time of the alleged offence, to remove the public servant from office. The power to appoint ordinarily carries the power to dismiss or remove under section 16 of the General Clauses Act unless a contrary intention appears. On the service rules examined, the delegation relied on did not extend to the Chief Engineer, North Western Zone, because the relevant order covered only Chief Engineers of the Commands and no valid delegation to the Zonal Chief Engineer before the sanction date was shown. The sanction was therefore invalid, and the conviction could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 14 Apr 1977 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175555