Supreme Court of India

Smt. Phulwari Jagdambaprasad Pathak v. Shri R.H. Mendonca and Ors.

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Reported as [2000] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 686
Bench A.P. Misra and D.P. Mohapatra JJ.
Decided 26 July 2000

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Maharashtra prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug offenders and Dangerous Persons Act, 1981: Sections 2(a)(iv), 2(b-I) and 3. Preventive detention-Dangerous person-Detention order passed against-Validity of-Subjective satisfaction of detaining authority-Judicial review of detention order passed by Police Commissioner-Satisfaction of detaining authority that (i) Detenu was persistently engaged in criminal activities (ii) Had unleashed terror in the locality (iii) victims and witnesses mortally afraid of detenu to make complaint and statements against him­ On

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