https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272507 Prior approval and sanction under Section 20-A of TADA are mandatory and are invalid if the competent authority does not apply its mind to the relevant materials as a whole; where the material showing the alleged terrorist intention is not properly placed before the sanctioning authority, the prosecution is vitiated. Confessions recorded without a free atmosphere and found inconsistent are unreliable, and a test identification parade loses evidentiary value where the accused has already been exposed through newspaper publication. On this analysis, the commentary states that such evidence cannot sustain the conviction. en-us Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Sun, 06 May 2018 16:02:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272507 Prior approval and sanction under Section 20-A of TADA are mandatory and are invalid if the competent authority does not apply its mind to the relevant materials as a whole; where the material showing the alleged terrorist intention is not properly placed before the sanctioning authority, the prosecution is vitiated. Confessions recorded without a free atmosphere and found inconsistent are unreliable, and a test identification parade loses evidentiary value where the accused has already been exposed through newspaper publication. On this analysis, the commentary states that such evidence cannot sustain the conviction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=272507