Supreme Court · 1965 INSC 247 · Decided 12 November 1965
Durgadas Shirali v. Union of India and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1965 INSC 247 · [1966] 2 S.C.R. 573
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 95/1965
- Decided
- 12 November 1965
- Bench
- P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, M. HIDAYATULLAH, V. RAMASWAMI, P. SATYANARAYANA RAJU (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 359
Headnote
WANCHOO, AND 573 Defence of India Rules, 1962, rule 30---Detention under-Membership of a political party not declared illegal whether relevant consideration for ordering detention. The petitioner was detained under rule 30 of the Defence of India Rules 1962, by an order of the necessary forma­ lities were gone through. He filed a petition under Art. 32 and contended : (1) The order of the District Magistrate was mala fide as he had not applied his mind to the specific activities of the petitioner and there was complete absence of material before him to suggest that
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