Supreme Court of India

Naranjan Singh Nathawan v. The State of Punjab

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Reported as [1952] 1 S.C.R. 395
Bench M. Patanjali Sastri J.
Decided 25 January 1952

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Preventive Detention-Ordt;r of detention challenged as illegal­ Fresh order superseding previous order-Validity-Question of bad faith-Habeas corpus proceeding-Legality of detention must be determined as at date of return. In the absence of bad faith the detaining authority can super-_ sedc an earlier order of detention which has been challenged as defective on merely formal grounds and make a fresh order wherever possible which is free from defects and duly complies with the . requirements of the law in that behalf. The question of bad faith, if raised, must be decided with reference to the

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