Category: Preventive Detention

Article 32 of the Constitution of India prays for quashing of the Detention Orders HELD that once the detention order has been made by any of the authorities competent to detain in terms of Section 3 (1) of the COFEPOSA Act, the representation to seek revocation of the detention order can be considered and decided by the Detaining Authority dehors the decision of the Advisory Board and the acceptance of recommendation by the appropriate Government. The consideration for revocation of adetention order is limited to examining whether the order conforms with the provisions of law whereas the recommendation of the Advisory Board

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ANKIT ASHOK JALAN — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra and Hemant Gupta,…

Detention Order Cannot Be Based On ‘Stale & Irrelevant’ Incidents HELD The satisfaction to be arrived at by the detaining authority must not be based on irrelevant or invalid grounds. It must be arrived at on the basis of relevant material; material which is not stale and has a live link with the satisfaction of the detaining authority.

Detention Order Cannot Be Based On ‘Stale & Irrelevant’ Incidents: SC   LIVELAW NEWS NETWORK 21 Dec 2019 2:27 PM The Supreme Court has observed that stale and irrelevant incidents cannot…

Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Video Pirates, Sand Smugglers and Persons Engaged in Black-Marketing of Essential Commodities Act, 1981 – Sections 3(1), 3(2) and 13 – Detention – Delegation of powers to the District Magistrate or the Commissioner of Police to detain a person – Once the order of detention is confirmed by the State Government, maximum period for which a detenu shall be detained cannot exceed 12 months from the date of detention.

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. BALU S/O WAMAN PATOLE — Respondent ( Before : Indira Banerjee and M. R. Shah, JJ.…

Criminal Law–Detention–Writ petition before High Court to quash the order of detention–Orders were restrained to be enforced–Became infructuous by lapse of time–Writ was allowed with the observation that the respondents will be at liberty to pass any fresh order if so required to take appropriate action thereafter in accordance with law–Order of High Court set aside–The proper order required to be passed was to call upon the respondent first to surrender pursuant to detention order

2009(1) LAW HERALD (SC) 49 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mukundakam Sharma Criminal Appeal No. of 2008 (Arising…

Preventive detention-It is clear that each ‘basic fact’ would constitute a ground and particulars in support thereof or the details would be subsidiary facts or further particulars of the basic facts which will be integral part of the ‘grounds’ – There is an infringement of Article 22(5) of the Constitution

(2017) 99 ACrC 325 : (2017) 171 AIC 143 : (2017) AIR(SCW) 230 : (2017) 1 AIRBomR(Cri) 519 : (2017) AIR(SC) 230 : (2017) 1 AllCrlRulings 833 : (2017) AllSCR(Crl)…

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