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Dharmendra Suganchand Chelawat & Suganchand Kanhaiyyalal Chelawat v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [1990] 1 S.C.R. 303
Bench B.C Ray, Kuldip Singh and S.C. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 9 February 1990

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the order for detention of the appellants cannot be sustained and must be set aside and the appellants should be released forthwith.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988: Section '!( 1)-Detention Qrder-Detenu in jail when order passed-Validity of. The appellants were arrested for offences punishable under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988. They were remanded to judicial custody till October 13, 1988. On October 11, 1988 orders were passed under Section 3(1) of the Preven· lion of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 for the detention of the appellants on the ground that with a view to preventing the

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to · 4 mentioned

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