Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 7 · Decided 8 January 1981
State of Gujarat v. Chamanlal Manjibhai Soni
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 7 · [1981] 2 S.C.R. 500
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 91/1980
- Decided
- 8 January 1981
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, A. VARADARAJAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, .~ection SA, interpretation of. }i{aintaining the order of the High Court quashing the detention, the Court HELD : (I) The detention under section 3 of the COFEPOSA is only for the purpose of preventing smuggling \\'Ould be relatable only to various activities of smuggling and no other sepa-rat'e ground which could deal with matters other than smuggling could be conceived of because the Act of smuggling covers several activities each forming a separate ground of detention and the Act deals with no other
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