Supreme Court of India

People's Union for Civil Liberties and Anr. v. Union of India

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 860

Bench S. Rajendra Babu and G.P. Mathur JJ.

Decided 16 December 2003

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What the Court ordered

In the result, these petitions stand dismissed subject, however, to the clarifications that we have set out above on the interpretation of the provtsions of the enactment while dealing with the constitutionality F thereof.

Judgment, page 42

From the headnote

Prevention of Terrorist Act, 2002; Sections 4, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 30, 32 & 49/Constitution of India 1950; Article 19 and List I & List II to Seventh Schedule/Code of Criminal Procedure, 1974; Section 91: Constitutional validity of provision of POT -Challenge to-Held: POTA has been enacted after taking into consideration well-established legal principles-Mere Possibility of abuse cannot be construed as ground for declaring the Statute unconstitutional. State List-Subjects-Public Order-Terrorism-Held: Terrorism cannot be brought under the Entry 'Public Order' by any stretch of imagination

Authorities it was built on

1969 Nathulal v. Phoolchand cited by 22
2003 Sharda v. Dharmpal cited by 13
1981 Sewakram Sobhani v. R.K. Karanjia, Chief Editor, Weekly Blitz & Ors. cited by 6
1979 Bal Kishan Thaper v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2013 Sr. Tewari v. Union of India and Anr. relied on
2023 Arup Bhuyan v. State of Assam & Anr. referred to
2022 Noel Harper & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2021 Thwaha Fasal v. Union of India referred to
2021 Madras Bar Association v. Union of India and Anr. referred to
2016 Extra Judicial Execution Victim Families Association (eevfam) & Anr. v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2015 Union of India v. V. Sriharan @ Murugan & Ors. referred to
2013 Yakub Abdul Razak Memon v. The State of Maharashtra, through Cbi, Bombay referred to

Of those, 1 relied on · 7 referred to

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