Supreme Court · 1966 INSC 174 · Decided 21 September 1966
P. L. Lakhanpal v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1966 INSC 174 · [1967] 1 S.C.R. 433
- Case number
- WRIT TO PETITION (CIVIL)... No. 137/1966
- Decided
- 21 September 1966
- Bench
- K. SUBBA RAO, M. HIDAYATULLAH, S.M. SIKRI, J.M. SHELAT, G.K. MITTER (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Defence of India Rules 1962, rr. 30(1)(b) and 30A(9)-Scope of. The petitioner who was the editor of a newspaper was detained by an order of the Central Government under r. 30(1) (b) c>f the Defence of lndia Rules, 1962, and the detention was continued by another order of the Central later, under r. 30A(9). The fn'st order directed the petitioner's detention with a view to pre'l'enting him from acting in any manner prejudicial to the defence of India, civil defence, public safety and the maintenance of public order, but the order continuing the detention set out only the
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