Supreme Court of India

Pramod Singla v. Union of India & Ors

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Bench Krishna Murari and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 10 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the impugned detention order is liable to be set aside, and the present appeal is accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 – Preventive Detention – Representation by detenue to the Central Government, the detaining authority and the Advisory Board – Central Govt. if bound to wait for the decision of the Advisory Board before deciding the representation – Whether there exists an incongruity between the Pankaj Kumar case and the Abdullah Kunhi case – Held: No – Since these two judgments exist symbiotically and apply to two separate authorities within the COFEPOSA Act, there exists no friction between the judgments – The mandate to…

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