Sanction for Prosecution of Public Servants: Basic Principles from the Supreme Court

[Educator]

The principles emerging from the aforesaid decisions are summarised hereunder:39.1. Protection of sanction is an assurance to an honest and sincere officer to perform his duty honestly and to the best of his ability to further public duty. However, authority cannot be camouflaged to commit crime.39.2. Once act or omission has been found to have been committed by public servant in discharging his