Supreme Court of India

Ajaib Singh v. State of Punjab

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Reported as [1965] 2 S.C.R. 845

Bench K. Subba Rao, K. N. Wanchoo, M. Hidayatullah, J.C. Shah and S. M. Sikri JJ.

Decided 2 February 1965

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What the Court ordered

We hold that no A officer below the rank of a District Magistrate can exercise the power of detention under the Act and the Rules.

Judgment, page 6

Authorities it was built on

1963 Jayantilal Amrit Lal Shodhan v. F.N. Rana and Others cited by 10

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