The Supreme Court is likely to constitute a Bench to settle certain important questions of law relating to Section 19(3) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988..The case involves interpretation of Section 19(3)(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 which states the following:.“no court shall stay the proceedings under this Act on any other ground and no court shall exercise the powers of revision in relation to any interlocutory order passed in any inquiry, trial, appeal or other proceedings.”.The following are inter alia the questions which are under consideration:.Can powers of revision be exercised against interlocutory orders passed under Prevention of Corruption Act?Can an order of framing of charge be considered as an interlocutory order?Can appellate courts grant stay against proceedings in trial court under PCA Act?.A batch of cases relating to the same came up for hearing today when the Central government through Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar asked Court to fix a date for hearing the issue..The Solicitor General had earlier informed the Court that many appeals are pending in Supreme Court due to the issues remaining unsettled. He had told the court that stay had been granted in many cases despite a statutory bar against the same..Though the Solicitor General prayed for fixing a date next week, the 3-judge Bench presided by Chief Justice JS Khehar posted the case for August 29..Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appeared for the petitioners.
The Supreme Court is likely to constitute a Bench to settle certain important questions of law relating to Section 19(3) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988..The case involves interpretation of Section 19(3)(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 which states the following:.“no court shall stay the proceedings under this Act on any other ground and no court shall exercise the powers of revision in relation to any interlocutory order passed in any inquiry, trial, appeal or other proceedings.”.The following are inter alia the questions which are under consideration:.Can powers of revision be exercised against interlocutory orders passed under Prevention of Corruption Act?Can an order of framing of charge be considered as an interlocutory order?Can appellate courts grant stay against proceedings in trial court under PCA Act?.A batch of cases relating to the same came up for hearing today when the Central government through Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar asked Court to fix a date for hearing the issue..The Solicitor General had earlier informed the Court that many appeals are pending in Supreme Court due to the issues remaining unsettled. He had told the court that stay had been granted in many cases despite a statutory bar against the same..Though the Solicitor General prayed for fixing a date next week, the 3-judge Bench presided by Chief Justice JS Khehar posted the case for August 29..Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi appeared for the petitioners.