Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 180 · Decided 26 September 1984
Ajay Dixit, N.S.A. Detenu, Through His Next Friend and Father Shri Ram Narain Dixit (Lodged in District Jail Agra) v. State of U.P. and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 180 · [1985] 1 S.C.R. 843
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 916/1984
- Decided
- 26 September 1984
- Bench
- E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, SABYASACHI MUKHERJI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
843 National Security Act, 1980, sec. 3 (2) and SA-" Law and Order situation" and 0 Malntenance of Public Order" distingut;shed. Section 3 (2) of the National Security Act 1980 (for short, the Act) empo· wers the Central Government and the with res­ pect to any person, with a view to preventing him, "inter a/la from acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenance of public order .. , it is necessary to do so to make an order directing such person to be detained. Section 5-A of the Act by virtue of section 2 of the
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