https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=177960 Sanction for prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act is valid only if the sanctioning authority considers the relevant materials and applies its mind to the facts and evidence before granting approval. A sanction order need not be elaborate, but it must show that the authority actually evaluated the material placed before it. Where sanction is said to rest only on an undisclosed police report and the underlying record is not produced, the defect vitiates the sanction for non-application of mind. The Supreme Court held the sanction invalid and the conviction unsustainable. en-us Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 11 Jan 2024 17:40:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=177960 Sanction for prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act is valid only if the sanctioning authority considers the relevant materials and applies its mind to the facts and evidence before granting approval. A sanction order need not be elaborate, but it must show that the authority actually evaluated the material placed before it. Where sanction is said to rest only on an undisclosed police report and the underlying record is not produced, the defect vitiates the sanction for non-application of mind. The Supreme Court held the sanction invalid and the conviction unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=177960