Supreme Court of India

Smt. Bimla Dewan v. Lieutenant Governor of Delhi

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Reported as [1983] 1 S.C.R. 42
Bench D.A. Desai J.
Decided 30 July 1982

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Allowing the petition, HELD : 1: None of the instances in which the. detenu had been found to be not guilfy and acQuittetl could have legitimately been taken into considera-. tion for detaining the detenu under section. 3(2) of the Natiorial Security Act. Since the detaining authority would naturally have been iDfluenced by these .' grounds as well for coming to the conclusion that the detenu was required to be detained under the provisions of the Act, the entire order of detention was unsustainable. [45 - : 46- ) 2. It is the potentiality of the act to disturb th'e even tempo of living in a

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