Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 267 · Decided 11 December 1974
Gora v. The State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 267 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 996
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 379/1974
- Decided
- 11 December 1974
- Bench
- P.N. BHAGWATI, N.L. UNTWALIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Maintenance of lllfernal Secmity Act., 1971, s. 3 (3 )-Delay between date .of incident and date of order and delay between date of order and dare of detention-Effect of-Public order, scope of-'Fort/11\'ith', meaning cf. The peti!loner was directed to be detained by an order of the Dist. Magistrate in a manner prejudicial t!) the maintenance of public order. The order was made on December 29, 1973 •. and the fa::t of making the <>rder was reported to the State Government on January 2, 1974. He was arre$ted on Jan. 8, 1974. The ground8 of detention referred to only one
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