https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299167 A Special Court under the West Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Special Courts) Act, 1949 was held to have authority to take cognizance without a petition of complaint, because the statute created a special forum, allowed Government distribution of cases, and expressly permitted cognizance without commitment. The majority held that the Court could act on the distribution order together with the Magistrate's record, provided it applied its judicial mind to proceed under the Act, and was not confined to the ordinary cognizance modes in Section 190(1) of the 1898 Code. The earlier Division Bench view requiring a complaint alone was held to be wrong, though a dissent said a complaint or police report was still necessary. en-us Fri, 19 May 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 10:16:26 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299167 A Special Court under the West Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Special Courts) Act, 1949 was held to have authority to take cognizance without a petition of complaint, because the statute created a special forum, allowed Government distribution of cases, and expressly permitted cognizance without commitment. The majority held that the Court could act on the distribution order together with the Magistrate's record, provided it applied its judicial mind to proceed under the Act, and was not confined to the ordinary cognizance modes in Section 190(1) of the 1898 Code. The earlier Division Bench view requiring a complaint alone was held to be wrong, though a dissent said a complaint or police report was still necessary. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 19 May 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=299167