Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 253 · Decided 19 September 1969
Kshetra Gogoi v. State of Assam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 253 · [1970] 2 S.C.R. 517
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 211/1969
- Decided
- 19 September 1969
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, I.D. DUA (4-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Preventive Detention Act, 1950, s. 13 (2)-Fresh Order of detentiow after expiry of earlier order-Requirements. Section 11-A(2) of the Preventive Detention Act lays down in part C that the maximum period of detention under s. 3 should be 12 months and no more, and after the expiry of that period, 13(2) can be made on the revo­ cation or expiry of a previous det<:ntion order only in cases where fiesh facts have arisen after the date of revocation or expiry. The petitioner. was put in detention in pursuance of an order dated AuJ!US1 29, 1968. He· presented a petition under
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