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Dropti Devi & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 6 S.C.R. 307
Bench R.M. Lodha and H.L. Gokhale JJ.
Decided 2 July 2012

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the leave to make additional C prayer for quashing the detention order dated September 23, 2009 by means of criminal miscellaneous application does not deserve to be granted and is rejected.

Judgment, page 49

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Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 - s. 3(1) - Constitutional validity of, to the extent it empowers the competent Authority to make an order of detention against any person with a view to prevent him from acting in any manner P.rejudicial to the conservation or augmentation of foreign exchange - Held: If the activity of any person is prejudicial to the conservation or augmentation of foreign exchange, the authority is o empowered to make a detention order against such person and the Act does not contemplate that such activity should be an

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