https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311373 Directions requiring the investigating agency to report the progress and result of investigation to the supervising authority were treated as binding and enforceable, not as a mere formality or prior approval regime. The Court held that the agency had to place the collected material and investigation results before the supervisory body before initiating prosecution. Because the charge-sheet was filed without that mandatory reporting, the charge-sheet and the cognizance taken on its basis could not stand, and the resulting proceedings were quashed. Liberty was left open to file a fresh charge-sheet in accordance with the required procedure. en-us Mon, 10 Jun 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:10:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311373 Directions requiring the investigating agency to report the progress and result of investigation to the supervising authority were treated as binding and enforceable, not as a mere formality or prior approval regime. The Court held that the agency had to place the collected material and investigation results before the supervisory body before initiating prosecution. Because the charge-sheet was filed without that mandatory reporting, the charge-sheet and the cognizance taken on its basis could not stand, and the resulting proceedings were quashed. Liberty was left open to file a fresh charge-sheet in accordance with the required procedure. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 10 Jun 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311373