Supreme Court of India

Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu Public (law and Order) Revenue Department & Anr. v. Kamala & Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 3 S.C.R. 854
Bench Dipak Misra CJI, A. M. Khanwilkar and Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud JJ.
Decided 10 April 2018

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Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act ,1974 – s.3(1)(ii) – Detention order – Period of detention not specified in detention order – Non -specification would not vitiate detention order. Disposing of the appeal, the Court HELD: The High Court was not justified in quashing th e order of detention on the basis that no period of dete ntion was provided in the order. The High Court has proceeded on the basis of the decision of this Court in Bhiryani which is no longer good law in view of the subsequent decision of a larger Benc h in Devaki. The decision of the

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