In Brief
The Supreme Court reversed the High Court's decision quashing FIRs registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in Vijayawada for corruption offences. The High Court had struck down the FIRs, contending that Vijayawada ACB office lacked formal notification as a police station under criminal procedure law. The Supreme Court held that government notifications and circulars issued before Andhra Pradesh's 2014 bifurcation automatically continued applying to the residual state under reorganisation legislation. It rejected hyper-technical procedural objections, emphasizing substance over form. The Court allowed the investigations to resume while permitting accused persons to challenge charge sheets on other grounds later.
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