Supreme Court of India

Sabir Ahmed v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1980] 3 S.C.R. 738
Bench R.S. Sarkaria and R.S. Pathak JJ.
Decided 18 April 1980

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What the Court ordered

We hold that since a repre•entation made by the detenu to the Central Government has been ignored and left unattended for a period of about four months, the detention cannot be justified as being according to procedure presiribed by law.

Judgment, page 8

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