Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 222 · Decided 3 November 1978
Ashadevi Wife of Gopal Ghermal Mehta (Detenu) v. K. Shiveraj, ADDL. Chief Secretary to the Government of Gujarat & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 222 · [1979] 2 S.C.R. 215
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 350/1978
- Decided
- 3 November 1978
- Bench
- V.D. TULZAPURKAR, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Conservcifion of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of S1nuggling Activities Act, 1974-Section 3(1)-Detenu detained on allegation of smuggling of gold­ His advocat'~ not permitted at the time of his interrogation-Confes,fional state­ ments retracted by detenu-No 1naterial authority while .Passing detention order-Order vaUdi'ty of. A detention order, under s. 3 ( 1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, was passed by the respon­ ·dent against the detenu (appellant's husband) with a view to prevent him
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