Central Bureau Of Investigation vs Binod Kumar Maheswari & Ors on 9 February, 2024
It was rendered at a point of time when the decisions
in Katiji [Collector (LA) v. Katiji, (1987) 2 SCC 107]
, Ramegowda [G. Ramegowda v. LAO, (1988) 2 SCC 142]
, Chandra Mani [State of Haryana v. Chandra Mani, (1996) 3
SCC 132] , K.V. Ayisumma [Tehsildar (LA) v. K.V. Ayisumma,
(1996) 10 SCC 634] and Lipok AO [State of Nagaland v. Lipok
Ao, (2005) 3 SCC 752 : 2005 SCC (Cri) 906] were holding the
field. It is not that the said decisions do not hold the field
now, having been overruled by any subsequent decision.