Supreme Court · 1950 INSC 13 · Decided 19 May 1950
A.K. Gopalan v. The State of MADRAS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1950 INSC 13 · [1950] 1 S.C.R. 88
- Case number
- WRIT TO PETITION (CRIMINAL)... No. 13/1950
- Decided
- 19 May 1950
- Bench
- HARILAL JEKISUNDAS KANIA, M. PATANJALI SASTRI, MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, SUDHI RANJAN DAS, SIR SYED FAZL ALI (6-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 13, 19to22, 32, 19, 21, 22, 22(5), 89
Headnote
88 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1950) A.K.GOPALAN ti. THE STATE OF MADRAS. UNION OF INDIA : INTERVENER. [SHRl HAluLAL KANIA C.J., SAIYID FAZL ALI, l'ATANJALI SASTRI, MEHR CHAND MAHAJAN, MuKHERJF:A and S. R. DAs JJ.J Preventive Detention Act (IV of 1950), ss. 3, 7, 10-14.-VaJid­ ity-Constitution of under Art. 19 (5)-Scope of Art. 19- Right of free movement and Right to personal liberty, nature and incidents of-Art. 221 whether complete code as to preventive detro· tion-Scope and applicability of Art. 21-"Law," "procedure established ·by law,"
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