under Section 17A of the Prevention of
Corruption Act, (in short PC Act ). The said provision of law reads as under:
"...17.A. Persons ... section 8 of the Central
Vigilance Commission Act, 2003 (CVC Act) apropos section 17A of the Act
would not be applicable to this case
there is an Act, viz. Juvenile
Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the JJ
(C& PC) Act ) to deal with ... this Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any
enactment other than this Act."
In JJ (C&PC) Act, Sections
provisions of Section 17 of the Prevention of
Corruption Act (' PC Act ' for short). By Annexure-G notification, the
Government of Karnataka ... power to investigate any offence under the provisions of
the PC Act by the Police Wing of the Karnataka Lokayukta as
prescribed under section
sought orders for investigation under
the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act ), 1988. The
said complaint was filed as CMP No.1153 ... There can be situations where the police powers
under the PC Act are misused or abused. This Court had
on many occasions come across such
COURT OF VIKAS DHULL, SPL. JUDGE,
(PC ACT), CBI 03, DWARKA COURTS, NEW
DELHI
C.C.No. :04/2012
ID No. :28/2016 ... Prevention of Corruption Act,
1988 (hereinafter referred to as PC Act ) and
punishable under section 13 (2) of PC Act and
accused Sandhya Takkar
because in such a case the
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Special Judge under the PC Act would have had acted beyond his
jurisdiction and the remand order would ... could
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try nonPC offences only when “trying any case” relating
to PC offences. In the instant case, no PC offence has been
committed
Date:19.12.2023
11:29:57
amended in 2018 (in short " PC Act ") read with Section 120-B of Indian
Penal Code ... corporate persons. He further submits that the PC was
amended and Section 2(c) of the PC Act has a very wide amplitude,
encompassing
Prevention of
Corruption Act, 1988 (for short, 'the PC Act ').
4. Heard the learned senior counsel Sri Harish Salve
and Sri Siddharth Luthra ... PC Act has been inserted in the
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 by means of
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Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act 16 of 2018,
which
necessary. It was
observed:
"35. Section 7 of the PC Act, stipulates that any public
servant who obtains accepts or attempts to obtain from ... Act and section 26C of the 2003 Act were held to be
invalid. One criticism raised against section 17A of the PC
Act was that
Prevention of Corruption Act (' PC Act ' for
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short) are even met in the remotest sense in the case at hand.
Section ... PC Act read as follows:
"7. Offence relating to public servant being
bribed.--Any public servant who,--
(a) obtains or accepts or attempts
