Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. v. Hari Shankar Tewari

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Reported as [1987] 2 S.C.R. 426
Decided 25 February 1987

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National Security Act, 1980-Section 3(2)-Detention Order­ Assailed in Court-Duty of Court-To find out whether impugned activities affect 'Public order' or 'law and order'. . Division Bench of the High Court quashed the order of deten­ tion of the respondent, made under Section 3(2) of the National Security Act, 1980 as had in law, following the earlier Full Bench decision in the case of Ashok Dixit v. State and others that a solitary assault on one individual which may well he equaled with ordinary murder can hardly be said to disturb public peace of place public order in jeopardy so as to

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