The Supreme Court of India has reaffirmed a critical principle under Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), stating that a sanction for prosecuting a public servant cannot be reconsidered or granted afresh without new or additional evidence. The ruling came in the case of State of Telangana v. C. Shobha Rani (Criminal
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