Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 192 · Decided 22 March 2004
State of Maharashtra and ORS. v. Shri Ramchandra Rammilan Mishra @ Pandey
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 192 · [2004] 3 S.C.R. 295
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 746/1998
- Decided
- 22 March 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 22(5)
Headnote
B Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (Bootleggers) Slumlords \ ~ and Drug Offenders Act, 1981; Section 3(2): Preventive detention of respondent on ground of maintenance of public order-Challenge to-High Court quashed C the order holding that the Board by not affording an opportunity of justice-On appeal, Held: There was no obligation on the Advisory Board to summon witnesses but the detenu himself has to keep his witnesses present at the appointed time­ Detenu failed to produce witnesses-Since High Court proceeded on the wrong premise, its judgment could not be
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