Supreme Court of India

Sunil Fulchand Shah v. Union of India & Others

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Reported as [1989] 2 S.C.R. 867
Bench R.S. Pathak, L.M. Sharma and M.N. Venkatachaliah JJ.
Decided 1 May 1989

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ril Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974: Section 3-Preventive detention-Period of detention-Whether fixed-Whether automatically/correspondingly extended by period of parole or by release of detenu by erroneous decisions of High Court-Matter referred to a Bench of Five Judges. The petitioner filed a writ petition and a special leave petition challenging the detention order passed under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974. It was contended on behalf of the respondents that the period of detention

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