https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307429 A certificate under Section 205 of the Government of India Act, 1935 lies only where a substantial question of law as to interpretation of the Act is actually involved in the case, not where a new constitutional point is raised for the first time in the certificate application. A question must be necessary to the decision, and a hypothetical or belated contention cannot create certification jurisdiction. On sanction under Section 270, the provision applies only to acts done or purported to be done in discharge of official duty; alleged participation in unlawful assembly, rioting, and grievous hurt did not meet that test, so no prior sanction was required and no substantial question of law arose. en-us Mon, 13 Dec 1948 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:30:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307429 A certificate under Section 205 of the Government of India Act, 1935 lies only where a substantial question of law as to interpretation of the Act is actually involved in the case, not where a new constitutional point is raised for the first time in the certificate application. A question must be necessary to the decision, and a hypothetical or belated contention cannot create certification jurisdiction. On sanction under Section 270, the provision applies only to acts done or purported to be done in discharge of official duty; alleged participation in unlawful assembly, rioting, and grievous hurt did not meet that test, so no prior sanction was required and no substantial question of law arose. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 13 Dec 1948 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307429