Supreme Court of India

The Commissioner of Police and Ors. v. Smt. C. Anita

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 701
Bench Arijit Pasayat and C.K. Thakker JJ.
Decided 23 August 2004

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Andhra Pradesh Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug-offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Land Grabbers Act, 1986-Section 3(2)-Detention under-Detention order mentioning that detenue was a history sheeter, 30 cases had been instituted against him and highlighted gravity of his acts in two specific instances- Writ petition against detention-Detention order quashed by High Court- on appeal, held : In the facts of the case detention order rightly made­ Court cannot substitute its opinion for that of the Detaining Authority when the grounds of detention are

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