Supreme Court of India
Ajay Dixit, N.S.A. Detenu, through His Next Friend and Father Shri Ram Narain Dixit (lodged in District Jail Agra) v. State of U.P. and Others
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We are of the opinion that these are not such a nature as to lead to any apprehension that the even tempo of the community A would be endangered.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
National Security Act, 1980, sec. 3 (2) and SA-" Law and Order situation" and 0 Malntenance of Public Order" distingut;shed. Section 3 (2) of the National Security Act 1980 (for short, the Act) empo· wers the Central Government and the State Governments, ir satisfied with res pect to any person, with a view to preventing him, "inter a/la from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order .. , it is necessary to do so to make an order directing such person to be detained. Section 5- of the Act by virtue of section 2 of the National Secourity (Second Amendment) Act provi
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