Supreme Court of India
Mrs. T. Devaki v. Government of Tamil Nadu and Ors.
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In view of the above discussion the detention order is rendered C illegal and it is accordingly quashed.
Judgment, page 19
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Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Grabbers, Act, 1982. c Detention Order-Whether detaining authority required to specify period of detention-Solitary incidelll of murderous assault- 'Law and order' or 'public order' problem-Distinction between-Solitary inci- dent can raise only a law and order problem and nothing more. Detention Order-Subjective satisfaction-Detaining authority >--. himself present at the place of occurrence-Should have relied more on own knowledge and observations than report of
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