The Supreme Court recently held that a special court being a court of sessions cannot take cognizance of an offence without the case being committed to it by the Magistrate under Section 209 Code of Criminal Procedure
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by Pradeep S Wodeyar, Managing Director of Canara Overseas Limited against criminal proceedings initiated against him and others for alleged illegal export of iron ore from Belekere port in Karnataka in 2009-10, causing a loss of Rs 3.27 crore to the exchequer. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and B V Nagarathna