Supreme Court of India

Pramod Singla v. Union of India & Ors

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Reported as [2023] 2 S.C.R. 793
Bench Krishna Murari and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 10 April 2023

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What the Court ordered

We hold that t he impugned detention order is liable to be set aside, and the p resent appeal is accordingly allowed.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 – Preventive Detenti on – Representation by detenue to the Central Government, the detaini ng authority and the Advisory Board – Central Govt. if bound t o wait for the decision of the Advisory Board before decid ing the representation – Whether there exists an incongruit y between the Pankaj Kumar case and the Abdullah Kunhi case – Held: No – Since these two judgments exist symbiotically and apply to t wo separate authorities within the COFEPOSA Act, there exists n o friction between the judgments – The mandate

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