Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Anr. v. Shrimati Chaya Ghoshal and Anr.

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Bench Arijit Pasayat and S.H. Kapadia JJ.
Decided 13 December 2004

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Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974-Sections 3(1) and 11-Detenu indulging in objection­ able activity-Detention order-Quashed by High Court-Legality of-Held : Order of High Court unsustainable since there was no unusual delay in passing detention order, in executing it and in disposing of the represen­ tations-Central Government applied its mind to the representation inde­ pendently-Even solitary incident of objectionable activity warrants deten­ tion since the impact of the act enormous-Constitution of India, 1950- Articles 22 and 22(5).

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