https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279558 Offences under the Official Secrets Act, 1923 are ordinarily triable by the Court of Sessions, because the statute treats trial by a specially empowered Metropolitan Magistrate or Magistrate of the First Class as an exception rather than the general rule. Interpreting section 13 in light of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the Court read the special empowerment as conditional and revocable. Withdrawal of the empowerment notification was therefore effective for pending matters, and the accused had no vested right to continue before the Magistrate or to insist on the earlier forum. en-us Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279558 Offences under the Official Secrets Act, 1923 are ordinarily triable by the Court of Sessions, because the statute treats trial by a specially empowered Metropolitan Magistrate or Magistrate of the First Class as an exception rather than the general rule. Interpreting section 13 in light of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the Court read the special empowerment as conditional and revocable. Withdrawal of the empowerment notification was therefore effective for pending matters, and the accused had no vested right to continue before the Magistrate or to insist on the earlier forum. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=279558