Supreme Court of India

Lawrence Joachim Joseph D'souza v. The State of Bombay.

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Reported as [1956] 1 S.C.R. 382
Bench S. R. Das, Jagannadhadas, Venkatarama Ayyar, B. P. Sinha and Jafer Imam JJ.
Decided 24 April 1956

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Preventive Detention-Espionage activity-GrO'Unds whether vague-Vagueness due to non-disclosure of facts in public interest-­ Whether vitiates order-Claim of privileg.-When slumld be oom­ municated-Mala fides. Appellant was detained under s. S(l)(a)(i) of the Preventive Detention Act, Act IV of 1950 on the gronnds that with the finan­ cial help given by the Portuguese anthorities he was carrying on espionage on their behalf with the help of underground workers and that he was also collecting intelligence about the security arrange­ ments on the border area and was ma.king suoh intelligence

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