Supreme Court of India
.hans Muller of Nurenburg v. Superintendent, Presidency Jail, Calcutta and Others.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the impugned portions of section 3(1)(b) of the Preventive Detention Act and section 3(2)(c) of the Foreginers Act, 1946 are intra vires. ' We now turn to a wider question that brings us to the fringe of International law.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Constitution of India, Arts. 14, 21 and 22-Entry 9 and entry 10 in Union list of Seventh Schedule to Constitution-Preventive De tention Act 1950 (Act V of 1950), s. 3(1)(b)-Whether ultra vires Constitution-Foreigners Act 1946 (Act XXXI of 1946), s. 3(2)(c) Whether ultra vires ,Constitution-Extradition Act 1870 and For eigners Act, 1946--Distinction between. The petitioner, a West German subject, was placed un<;Ier pre ventive detention by an order of the West Bengal Government under '· 3( 1) (b) of the Preventive Detention Act 1950 on the ground that he was a foreigner within the meaning
Where later benches applied it
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- 2023 Anushka Rengunthwar & Ors v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2017 Justice K S Puttaswamy (retd.), and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2010 Bhanumati Etc. Etc. v. State of Uttar Pradesh through its Principal Secretary and Others
- 2000 The Chairman, Railway Board and Ors. v. Mrs. Chandrima Das and Ors.
- 1991 Mr. Louis De Raedt & Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1974 The Amalgamated Tea Estate Co. Ltd. Etc. v. State of Kerala
- 1973 Giani Bakshish Singh v. Govt. of India & Ors
Of those, 3 referred to · 8 mentioned
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