Supreme Court of India

Devi Lal Mahto v. State of Bihar and Anr.

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Reported as [1983] 1 S.C.R. 630
Bench D.A. Desai and R.B. Misra JJ.
Decided 18 October 1982

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National Security Act, 1980-Sub·s. (2) read wi1h sub-s. (3) ofs. 3- Detention Order-Detenu already in jail-Detliining authority uf!.aware-lnordinate delay in considering detenils rep;esentation-Validity. The petitioner who had- been arrested on March 2, 1982 and whose application for bail had been rejected on March 25, 1982 was in jail when the District Magistrate, Dhanbad made the impilgned order of detention against him on APril 20, 19~2 under sub-s. (2) read with sub-s. (3) of s. 3 of the National Security Act, 1980. Another application for bail moved by the petitioner was rejected on

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