https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277401 Proceedings against a railway station master were not protected by prior sanction where the complaint alleged refusal to issue tickets, abusive conduct, and assault, because those acts could not reasonably be treated as done or purported to be done in execution of official duty. The governing test is whether the complaint, as disclosed at institution, shows the impugned act falling within the scope of official duty; references to the Railways Act or railway traffic manual do not attract the sanction protection unless the complaint itself discloses such a case. en-us Fri, 09 Nov 1945 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:06:45 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277401 Proceedings against a railway station master were not protected by prior sanction where the complaint alleged refusal to issue tickets, abusive conduct, and assault, because those acts could not reasonably be treated as done or purported to be done in execution of official duty. The governing test is whether the complaint, as disclosed at institution, shows the impugned act falling within the scope of official duty; references to the Railways Act or railway traffic manual do not attract the sanction protection unless the complaint itself discloses such a case. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 09 Nov 1945 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=277401