Section 7 Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 2018

illegal telephone tapping and unauthorised search
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The arrest made before the registration of FIR, on the basis of illegal telephone tapping and unauthorized search and seizure, held to be illegal and unconstitutional.”

other officers can be opted by Competent Authority
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Clause 16 of the Government Order uses the term ‘may’ and not ‘shall’, and therefore assistance of a higher authority of the department concerned is not mandatory. Mere irrelevant procedural irregularities would not vitiate the proceedings unless they have an absolute deterrent effect to destroy the prosecution case in toto.”