Reviewed case brief
State of Uttar Pradesh v Singhara Singh and Ors.
AIR 1964 SC 358
## Summary
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 1964
- Subjects
- Civil Procedure Code and Law of Limitation
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-22
Rule established
Where a statute prescribes a particular manner or mode for doing an act (such as recording a confession or statement before a specified authority), that act must be done in that manner alone, and no other; a magistrate empowered to record a statement in a particular way cannot delegate that function or record it through an unauthorised alternative procedure.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
How to use it in an exam
Editorial source
AIR 1964 SC 358; foundational authority on the principle that a prescribed statutory mode excludes all other modes, cross-verify citation before exam use
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