Supreme Court of India

Pushpadevi M. Jatia v. M.L. Wadhavan, Addl. Secretary Government of India & Ors.

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Reported as [1987] 3 S.C.R. 46
Bench A.P. Sen and S. Natarajan JJ.
Decided 29 April 1987

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Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974-s. 3( 1)-Subjective satisfaction of the detaining authority-Court cannot consider propriety or sufficiency of grounds of detention-Court can examine whether requisite satisfaction was arrived at by the authority. Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974-s. 5A-The principle that even if one of the grounds which led to the subjective satisfaction of the detaining autho­ rity is non-existent, etc., the order of detention would be invalid no longer holds good. Conservation of

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