Supreme Court · 1977 INSC 237 · Decided 13 December 1977
Bal Chand Choraria v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1977 INSC 237 · [1978] 2 S.C.R. 401
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 413/1977
- Decided
- 13 December 1977
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, JASWANT SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Constitution uf Indiu, 1950-Art. 22(5)-Rcpresentation n1ade by a Me111ber of Parliament as counsel for the detenu 1111der Conservation of Foreign f,'xciianj:fe llnd prevention of Sn1uggling Actirities Act, 1974-Whether a proper repre· sentation u! A 22/ ( 5) of the Constitution. The considered by the Advisory Board constituted under the COFFPOSA, 1974. The High Court of Delhi refused to quash the detention and dismissed the \Vrit petition. Allowing the appeal by special leave, the court. HELD : Jn matters where the liberty of the subject is concerned and a highly cherished
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