Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 25 · Decided 8 February 1974
Sasthi Keot v. The State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 25 · [1974] 3 S.C.R. 313
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 1697/1973
- Decided
- 8 February 1974
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, R.S. SARKARIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32, 3
Headnote
Maintenance of ltuernal Security Act, 1971 s. 3(3)-Vagueness of grounds_: Opportunity 11ot afforded for making representation-Effect of. Pursuant to an order of detention issued under s. 3(1) read withs. 3(2) of the _Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 the petitioner was detained. One of the Government and the Advisory Board was that the petitioner was a "man of des­ perate habits and dangerous character and also prone to committing theft of undergrou.nd cables". Allowing the petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution, HELD: The order of detention_ is in
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