Supreme Court of India

Sophia Gulam Mohd. Bham v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and D.P. Wadhwa JJ.
Decided 13 August 1999

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Constitution of India, 1950-Article 22(5)-Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974-Section 3(/)­ Preventive Detention-Detenu arrested for smuggling activities-Grounds of detention furnished-Detention challenged on the ground material documents not supplied-Affidavit of detaining authority denying non-supply of any material documents-Dismissal of petition by High Court-Whether detention is proper-Held, no-Detention violated the fundamental right. c· Preventive Detention-COFEPOSA, I974-Section 3(/)-Grounds of detention-Held, grounds mean not only…

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