Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Anr. v. Sneha Khemka and Anr.

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Reported as [2004] 1 S.C.R. 1074
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and S.B. Sinha JJ.
Decided 23 January 2004

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Constitution of India, 1950; Article 22(5)/Conservation of Foreign Exchange. and Prevention of Smuggling Activities, Act; Sections 3 and //: Detention of accused-Representations-Rejected by the authorities concerned-Validity of the order of detention-Challenge to-Writ Petition allowed by High Court holding that non-consideration of representations by all the three aulhorities rendered the order of detention otiose-On appeal, Held: no such procedure contemplated-It would result in delay-The representation has to be considered by the authority concerned and not by all the authorities-General

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