Supreme Court · 1972 INSC 154 · Decided 24 July 1972
Joydeb Gorai v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1972 INSC 154 · [1973] 1 S.C.R. 714
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 39/1972
- Decided
- 24 July 1972
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, I.D. DUA, HANS RAJ KHANNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 506; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
West Bengal (Prev.enti'.on of Violent Activities) Act (19 of 1970), s.3(1) (2) (d) mtd (3)-Threct lo kill a person and disturbing public order-if valid ground of detention-Period h~ithin which c·onfinnation of order of detention by State Govemmcnt should be passed. Section 3(2) (d) of the of any ot1ence punishable with imprisonment for a term extending lo 7 years or more, where the commission of such offence disturbs or is likely to disturb public order would be within the definition of the expmsion "acting in any manner prejudicial to the maintenancb of public
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