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Never Reported Judgment| When in a 4:1 verdict, SC refused to release man detained under Preventive Detention Act; Justice M.C. Mahajan dissented [(1952) 1 SCC 769]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on the Preventive Detention Act, 1950.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court | Mere signing documents in English does not mean the detenue has a working knowledge of English; detention order set aside

Signing in English and understanding English are two different things and it cannot be said that if one signs in English, therefore he has full understanding of the language. In other order, the ability to write one’s signature in English does not translate to having a working understanding of the language.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Rhetorical incantation of the words “goonda” or “prejudicial to maintenance of public order” not sufficient to invoke Preventive Detention

Supreme Court: In the case where the detenu was detained under the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug Offenders,