Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 – s.19(3)(c) – Jurisdiction of High Court in granting stay in challenge against order framing charge under the 1988 Act – Held: In view of judgment of three Judge Bench dtd. 28th March, 2018 reported in [2018] 2 SCR 1045, and after considering the material on record, no ground to interfere with the order framing charge – Trial Court to proceed with the matter pending before it.
Practice and Procedure – Summoning of records by appellate/revisional court– Held: Wherever original record has been summoned by appellate/revisional court, photocopy/scanned copy of the same may be kept for its reference and original returned to the trial courts forthwith – If in future the trial court record is summoned, the trial courts may send photocopy/scanned copy of the record and retain the original so that the proceedings are not held up – In cases where specifically original record is required by holding that photocopy will not serve the purpose, the appellate/revisional court may call for the record only for perusal and the same be returned while keeping a photocopy/scanned copy of the same.
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