Supreme Court · 1959 INSC 6 · Decided 20 January 1959
Gopi Chand v. The Delhi Administration
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1959 INSC 6 · [1959] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 87
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 25/1955
- Decided
- 20 January 1959
- Bench
- SUDHI RANJAN DAS, S.K. DAS, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K.N. WANCHOO, M. HIDAYATULLAH (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 408, 409, 120B; Constitution Article 36(I), 2o, 134(1)(c)
Headnote
SUPREME COURT REPORTS 87 GOPI CHAND v. THE DELHI ADMINISTRATION (S. R. DAS, c. J., s. K. DAS, P. B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, K. N. WANCHOO and HrnAYATULLAH, JJ.) · Criminal Trial-Temporary enactment-Provision for trial of specified offences under summons procedure in notified areas-Con­ Clauses Act, r879 (Io of r879), s. 6. Section 36(1) of the East Punjab Public Safety Act, r949, (Punj. 5 of r949), which was passed in the wake of the partition disturbances in India with a view to ensure public safety and the maintenance of public order, provided that offences
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