Supreme Court of India

V.C. Mohan v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] 2 S.C.R. 144
Bench Umesh C. Banerjee and Y.K. Sabharwal JJ.
Decided 1 March 2002

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Customs Act, 1962/Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974-Sections 124, 1278, 132 and 135/Section 3(/)(i)-Preventive detention-Detenu charged under Customs Act-Detention ;.... under COFEPOSA Act after 7 months of the charge-During release on bail, detenu not involved in any illegal activities-Non-placement of relevant documents before the Detaining Authority by sponsoring authority-Held, non- placement of the relevant materials is a serious lapse. Hence, the order of detention unlawful and illegal. Preventive detention-Constitutional sanction

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