Prathvi Raj Chauhan vs Union Of India

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2020 Supreme(SC) 139

ARUN MISHRA, VINEET SARAN, S.RAVINDRA BHAT
Prathvi Raj Chauhan – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Mohan Parasaran, Sr. Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, Adv. Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, Adv. Mr. Varun Sharma, Adv. Ms. Priya Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abhuday Chandra, Adv. Mr. Satish Chandra, Adv. Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Savita Devi, Adv. Ms. Mamta Rani, Adv. Mr. Arjun Saini, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Parasaran, Adv. Mr. Prabhu Dayal Tiwari, Adv. Mr. R. S. Gerwal, Sr. Adv. Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Savati Gerwal, Adv. Mr. Krishna Kapoor, Adv. Mr. M. K. Singh, Adv. Mr. Vikas Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Prashant Sharma, Adv. Mr. Pankaj Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anup Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Kumar Goswami, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rudra Vikram Singh, Adv. Mr. U. S. Rana, Adv. Mr. Nishant Singla, Adv. Ms. Pratima Singh, Adv. Mr. Gopal Shankarnarayan, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pooja Dhar, Adv. Ms. Gayatri Verma, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhushan, Adv. Ms. Cheryl D’Souza, Adv. Ms. Karuvaki Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Shivendra Singh, Adv. Mr. Kumar Parimal, Adv. Mr. Smarhar Singh, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Goswami, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rudra Vikram Singh, Adv. Mrs. Manju Singh, Adv. Mr. Tarun Verma, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Shukla, Adv. Ms. Rertu Sharma, Adv. Mr. Nihal Ahmad, Adv. Ms. Neena Shukla, Adv. Ms. Kshama Kumari, Adv. Mr. Arup Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Prakash Sharma, Adv. Mr. Anuj Saxena, Adv. Mohd. Naved, Adv. Mr. Avijit Bhattacharya, Adv. Ms. Upma Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Abhay Kant Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ajay Ghosh, Adv. Mr. G. Prakash, Adv. Mr. Jishnu M. L., Adv. Mrs. Priyanka Prakash, Adv. Mrs. Beena Prakash, Adv. Mr. Susheel Tomar, Adv. Mr. Balraj Dewan, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Sharma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Parmanand Gaur, Adv. Mrs. Bandana Singh, Adv. Mr. Kshitij Mudgal, Adv. Mr. Ekansh Bansal, Adv. Mr. Himanshu Mehra, Adv. Ms. Vandana Mishra, Adv. Ms. K. Vijayanthi, Adv. Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, Adv. Mr. Manoj Gorkela, Adv. Mr. Vinayak Harshvardhan, Adv. Ms. Suman Rani, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Lamba, Adv. Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, Adv. Mr. Umesh Dubey, Adv. Mr. Jyoti Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sukumar, Adv. Mr. Bheem Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Pushkar Sharma, Adv. Mr. Abdul Qadir, Adv. Mr. Goldy Tyagi, Adv. Mr. F. A. Ayyubi, Adv. Mr. Anilendra Pandey, Adv. Ms. Suchita Dixit, Adv. Mr. C. P. Singh, Adv. Mr. K. K. L. Gautam, Adv. Mr. A. K. Suman, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul M., Adv. Mr. P. S. Nerwal, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, Adv. Mr. K. Paarivendhan, Adv. Mr. S. Prabu Ramasubramanian, Adv. Mr. Sabarish Subramaniam, Adv. Mr. William Vinoth Kumar, Adv. Ms. Disha Wadekar, Adv. Mr. Paras Nath Singh, Adv. Ms. Shashi Kiran, AOR Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Malhotra, AOR Mr. Fuzail Ahmad Ayyubi, AOR Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma, AOR Anilendra Pandey, AOR Ms. Pooja Dhar, AOR Mr. Mithilesh Kumar Singh, AOR Mr. Manoj K. Mishra, AOR Mr. Parmanand Gaur, AOR Mr. Smarhar Singh, AOR Mr. Balraj Dewan, AOR Mr. Avijit Bhattacharjee, AOR Mr. G. Prakash, AOR Mr. K. Paari Vendhan, AOR Mr. Alok Shukla, AOR M/S. Gorkela Law Office, AOR Petitioner-in-person, AOR Mr. Arup Banerjee, AOR

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JUDGMENT :

ARUN MISHRA, J.

1. The petitioners have questioned the provisions inserted by way of carving out section 18A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (Act of 1989). Section 18 as well as section 18A, are reproduced hereunder:

“18. Section 438 of the Code not to apply to persons committing an offence under the Act.—Nothing in section 438 of the Code shall apply in relation to any case involving the arrest of any person on an accusation of having committed an offence under this Act.”

“Section 18A. (i) For the purpose of this Act,-

(a) preliminary enquiry shall be required for registration of a First Information Report against any person; or

(b) the investigating officer shall not require approval for the arrest, if necessary, of any person, against whom an accusation of having committed an offence under this Act has been made, and no procedure other than that provided under this Act or the Code shall apply.

(ii) The provisions of section 438 of the Code shall not apply to a case under this Act, notwithstanding any judgment or order or direction of any Court.”

2. It is submitted that section 18A has been enacted to nullify the judgment of

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2020 Supreme(SC) 139

ARUN MISHRA, VINEET SARAN, S.RAVINDRA BHATPrathvi Raj Chauhan – AppellantVersusUnion Of India – Respondent

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ARUN MISHRA, VINEET SARAN, S.RAVINDRA BHAT
Prathvi Raj Chauhan – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent