Supreme Court of India

State of Maharashtra & Another v. Smt. Sushila Mafatlal Shah & Others

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Reported as [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 827
Bench A.P. Sen and S. Natarajan JJ.
Decided 7 September 1988

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We are of the view that they cannot be taken as decisive pronouncements on the question of law raised for consideration before us. c In Santosh Anand's case (supra) the challenge to the order of detention was on the grounds and this aspect of the matter has been noticed in Raj Kishor Prasad's· case (supra), while differentiating the decision.

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