respect of acts/conduct in the discharge of
public functions of the functionary or public servant
concerned, as may be. The prosecution under Section ... State as the same relate to the discharge of public
functions by such functionaries. The State, therefore,
would be rightly interested in pursuing the prosecution
conduct of the public
servant/ public functionary in discharge of his/her public functions and the
public functions stand on a different footing than ... such
defamation have no nexus with the discharge of official function of public
functionaries of the state, complaint cannot be made by the Public Prosecutor
would ordinarily be mandatory but when a public functionary is required to perform a public function within a time frame, the same will be held ... would ordinarily be mandatory but when a public functionary is required to perform a public function within a time-frame, the same will be held
lending vitiating element to the trial. The
public prosecutor is a functionary of the State appointed to assist the
court in the conduct ... would be under no less duty as a functionary of the State
to discharge his functions as a public prosecutor in an equally just, fair
When a statutory functionary passes an order,
that too authorising a person to carry out a public function
like investigation into an offence, an order
lending vitiating element to the trial. The
public prosecutor is a functionary of the State
::: Downloaded on - 06/07/2022 ... would be under no less duty as a functionary of
the State to discharge his functions as a public
prosecutor in an equally just, fair
would ordinarily be mandatory
but when a public functionary is required to perform a public
function within a time frame, the same will be held ... mandatory but when a public functionary is required to
perform a public function within a time-frame, the same
will be held to be directory
would ordinarily be mandatory but when a public
functionary is required to perform a public function within a
time frame, the same will be held ... would
ordinarily be mandatory but when a public functionary
is required to perform a public function within a time-
frame, the same will be held
conduct of a public servant/public functionary
in discharge of his/her public functions and the public function stands on a
different footing than ... said imputation apparently made against the pubic functionaries, in
discharge of his/her public function, have no reasonable nexus with the
discharge of public duties
conduct of a public servant/public functionary
in discharge of his/her public functions and the public function stands on a
different footing than ... said imputation apparently made against the pubic functionaries, in
discharge of his/her public function, have no reasonable nexus with the
discharge of public duties