https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286833 Section 165 of the Indian Penal Code was interpreted to cover administrative subordination, not only functional subordination tied to the particular official act in question. The Court held that reading a narrower limitation into the word "subordinate" would add words to the statute and undermine the legislative aim of reaching corruption by public servants who are subordinate to another officer, even where they lack direct functional control over the transaction. On that construction, a public servant who accepted valuable things without consideration from a person concerned with a connected proceeding was properly treated as a subordinate, and the conviction was upheld. en-us Tue, 28 Aug 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:19:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286833 Section 165 of the Indian Penal Code was interpreted to cover administrative subordination, not only functional subordination tied to the particular official act in question. The Court held that reading a narrower limitation into the word "subordinate" would add words to the statute and undermine the legislative aim of reaching corruption by public servants who are subordinate to another officer, even where they lack direct functional control over the transaction. On that construction, a public servant who accepted valuable things without consideration from a person concerned with a connected proceeding was properly treated as a subordinate, and the conviction was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Aug 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=286833