Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 811 · Decided 11 July 2008
State of Maharashtra & Ors v. Zubair Haji Qasim
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 811 · [2008] 10 S.C.R. 832
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1064/2008
- Decided
- 11 July 2008
- Bench
- A.K. MATHUR, ALTAMAS KABIR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 19, 21
Headnote
Preventive Detention - Detention under COFEPOSA Act .B - Rejection of representation of detenu seeking permission 'i· , to be represented by legal practitioner by Advisory Board - Propriety of- Held: Detenu though has no legal right u/s 8 (e) of the Act, to legal assistance before Advisory detention en- c actments is serious and severe invasion on the fundamental rights - Safeguards provided in order to check indiscriminate exercise of powers should be considered not perfunctorily - Constitution of India, 1950 - Articles 19 and 21 - Conserva- tion of Foreign Exchange and
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