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V.C. Mohan Vs. Union of India and ors

Court : Supreme Court of India

Subject : Criminal

Acts : Constitution of India - Article 32; Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 - Sections 3(1); Customs Act, 1962 - Sections 124, 127-B, 127-F(2), 132 and 135

Reported in : AIR2002SC1205; 2002(2)ALT(Cri)14; (SCSuppl)2002(3)CHN72; 2002(80)ECC241; 2002(7)ELT141(SC); JT2002(2)SC365; 2002(2)SCALE381; (2002)3SCC451; [2002]37SCL754(SC); [2002]2SCR14

While it is true that law Courts detaste the very concept of detention without trial and do not favour the same, but the constitutional sanction of preventive detention cannot in any way be decried having regard...