Supreme Court of India

A.K. Gopalan v. The Government of India

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Reported as [1966] 2 S.C.R. 427
Decided 27 October 1965

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Df[ence of India Rn/es-R. 30(l)(h)-Detention order by Governor of State cancelled-Substituted by Detention Order of Central Govern- 111ent-Whether nuila fide-Whether otherwise legal. At a time when the State of Kerala was 'being governed by virtue of a Proclamation under Art. 356 by the President acting through the Gover­ nor, the petitioners, who we,re members of the Left 1Communist Party along with others numbering 140 in all, were ordered tu be detained under r. 30(1) (b) of the Defence of India Rules by orders of the Gover· nor of Kernla passed on December 29, l 964. On March 4, 1965, the

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