Supreme Court of India

Lahu Shrirang Gatkal v. State of Maharashtra, through the Secretary and Ors.

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Reported as [2017] 6 S.C.R. 389
Bench N.V. Ramana and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.
Decided 17 July 2017

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Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Video Pirates, Sand Smugglers and Persons engaged in Black marketing of Essential Commodities Act, 1981: s.3(2) - Detention order - Period of detention not specified in detention order - Held: it is well settled that a presumptive legislation such as the present Act needs to be given a strict interpretation - Proviso to sub-section (2) of s.3 envisages a period to be specified in the order with a maximum cap of six months at the first instance - Therefore authorities could not have

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