https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284868 Section 19(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act makes previous sanction of the competent authority mandatory for cognizance of offences under Sections 7, 10, 11, 13 and 15, and an invalid sanction goes to the root of jurisdiction. A prosecution launched without valid sanction is a nullity, and the defect cannot be cured at the trial stage by relying on the bar against reversal unless failure of justice is shown. The objection to the competence of the sanctioning authority may be raised even in appeal, but appellate protection under Section 19(3) and Section 465 CrPC applies only where the defect has not caused failure of justice. en-us Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 14 Dec 2019 10:05:25 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284868 Section 19(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act makes previous sanction of the competent authority mandatory for cognizance of offences under Sections 7, 10, 11, 13 and 15, and an invalid sanction goes to the root of jurisdiction. A prosecution launched without valid sanction is a nullity, and the defect cannot be cured at the trial stage by relying on the bar against reversal unless failure of justice is shown. The objection to the competence of the sanctioning authority may be raised even in appeal, but appellate protection under Section 19(3) and Section 465 CrPC applies only where the defect has not caused failure of justice. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=284868