https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457982 Under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, a Central Government direction for the NIA to take over a scheduled offence does not, by itself, end the State police's role; the State police may continue the investigation until the records are actually handed over to the Agency, and any charge-sheet filed before that takeover remains valid. Exclusive Special Court jurisdiction also arises only after the NIA actually assumes investigation; until then, the court otherwise competent under the Code may take cognizance and commit the case for trial. The later transfer to the NIA Special Court does not retrospectively invalidate prior proceedings. en-us Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:17:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457982 Under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, a Central Government direction for the NIA to take over a scheduled offence does not, by itself, end the State police's role; the State police may continue the investigation until the records are actually handed over to the Agency, and any charge-sheet filed before that takeover remains valid. Exclusive Special Court jurisdiction also arises only after the NIA actually assumes investigation; until then, the court otherwise competent under the Code may take cognizance and commit the case for trial. The later transfer to the NIA Special Court does not retrospectively invalidate prior proceedings. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=457982