Supreme Court of India

Meena Jayendra Thakur v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1999] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 98
Bench G.B. Pattanaik J.
Decided 22 September 1999

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that it will not by itself vitiate the initial order of detention.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Preventive Detention : Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Ac- tivities Act, 1974-Section 3(i), 8(b ), 8(f) and 9(i)-Right of detenu to make representation to the declaring authority-None- intimation of-Held, if the detenu is not intimated of his right to make a representation to the authority issuing the declaration, the Constitutional right conferred under Article 22(5) gets infringed vitiating any further detention-But that would not by itself vitiate the initial order of detention- subsequent infraction of the detenu 's right or of non-compliance of the procedure

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 2 mentioned

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