Afzal Imam vs State Of Bihar & Ors on 19 April, 2011
In the case of Durgesh Sharma versus
Jayshree (supra), this Court held that section 23 must be read subject to section
25 and even if the High Court had the power to transfer a case from one State to
another, that must be taken to have been withdrawn from 1.1.1997 when the
Amending Act of 1976 came into force. The Amending Act had failed to delete
section 23 (3) and therefore this Court had to make it clear that section 23 (3)
will be subject to section 25 of the Act. In para 55 of the judgment, C.K.
Thakker, J. held as follows:-