Subsequent Government Notification Does Not Retrospectively Apply to Valid Cognizance: Supreme Court Rejects Police Officers’ Plea for Sanction

The Supreme Court of India has dismissed an appeal by two police officers seeking the protection of Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.P.C.), ruling that a government notification extending immunity to subordinate officers cannot nullify a valid cognisance order passed years prior to the notification. The Division Bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala

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