https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309697 Specification of a Sessions Court as a Special Court under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 does not strip it of its character as a Court of Session. It must still follow the procedure applicable to a Sessions trial, and a committal to such a court is not invalid on that ground. Objections of this kind are technical and should be raised at the earliest stage, having regard to Section 465 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The committal order was therefore valid, the Special Court had jurisdiction to try the offence under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, and the conviction could not be set aside on this basis. en-us Fri, 08 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 12:11:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309697 Specification of a Sessions Court as a Special Court under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 does not strip it of its character as a Court of Session. It must still follow the procedure applicable to a Sessions trial, and a committal to such a court is not invalid on that ground. Objections of this kind are technical and should be raised at the earliest stage, having regard to Section 465 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. The committal order was therefore valid, the Special Court had jurisdiction to try the offence under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, and the conviction could not be set aside on this basis. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 08 Sep 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309697