Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 259 · Decided 2 July 2012
Dropti Devi & ANR. v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 259 · [2012] 6 S.C.R. 307
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 65/2010
- Decided
- 2 July 2012
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 19, 21
Headnote
A B Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 - s. 3(1) - Constitutional validity of, to the extent it empowers the competent Authority C to make an order of detention against any person with a view to prevent him from acting in any manner P.rejudicial to exchange - Held: If the activity of any person is prejudicial to the conservation or augmentation of foreign exchange, the authority is o empowered to make a detention order against such person and the Act does not contemplate that such activity should be an offence - The whole intent and idea
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