Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Amrit Lal Manchanda and Anr.

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Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 16 February 2004

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Preventive Detention- Nature of-Held, it is a preventive action and not punitive-Preservation of public order and security of state and society paramount considerations-Decision based on discretion of executive­ Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974-Section 3 (1). Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974-Section 3 (1)-Preventive detention-Necessity for-Order of detention not executed for several months due to stay order of court­ Proposed detenu contending that there was no necessity for detention after Such…

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