Supreme Court of India

Shabna Abdulla v. The Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 8 S.C.R. 460
Bench B.R. Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 20 August 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the Division Bench of the High Court while passing the impugned judgment and order should have followed the view taken by another Division Bench of the same High Court specifically when the grounds of detention and the grounds of challenge were identical in both the cases.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to the correctness of the order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court dismissing the writ petition filed by the detenue’s sister-in-law challenging the detention order as well as the confirmation of detention on the ground of non-supply of relevant documents and thus, sought release of the detenue, when the coordinate Bench of the same High Court had allowed the writ petitions filed by the co-accused persons challenging the same detention order holding that documents relied upon in the detention orders ought to have been furnished to the

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