Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 721 · Decided 16 December 2003
People's Union for Civil Liberties and ANR. v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 721 · [2003] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 860
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 389/2002
- Decided
- 16 December 2003
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, G.P. MATHUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 91; Constitution Article 19
Headnote
Prevention of Terrorist Act, 2002; Sections 4, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 30, 32 & 49/Constitution of India 1950; Article 19 and List I & List II to Seventh Schedule/Code of Criminal Procedure, 1974; Section 91: C Constitutional validity of provision of POT A-Challenge to-Held: POTA has been of abuse cannot be construed as ground for declaring the Statute unconstitutional. D State List-Subjects-Public Order-Terrorism-Held: Terrorism cannot be brought under the Entry 'Public Order' by any stretch of imagination since subjects dealt with in POTA could not be covered under any
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