NDLI: Lahu Shrirang Gatkal Vs. State of Maharashtra, Through The Secretary and Ors.

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Drug Offenders Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords 1981: s.3(2) - Detention order Bootleggers C Sand Smugglers and Persons engaged in Black marketing of Essential Commodities Act Video Pirates Dangerous Persons
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Order
Jurisdiction	India
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Allowed
Headnote	Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Video Pirates, Sand Smugglers and Persons engaged in Black marketing of Essential Commodities Act, 1981: s.3(2) - Detention order - Period of detention not specified in detention order - Held: it is well settled that a presumptive legislation such as the present Act needs to be given a strict interpretation - Proviso to sub-section (2) of s.3 envisages a period to be specified in the order with a maximum cap of six months at the first instance - Therefore authorities could not have passed such a blanket order of detention without specifying the period of detention, as was done in this case - The order of preventive detention accordingly set aside - Interpretation of statutes - Strict interpretation.
Judge	N/A
Neutral Citation	2017 INSC 629
Petitioner	Lahu Shrirang Gatkal
Respondent	State Of Maharashtra, Through The Secretary And Ors.
SCR	[2017] 6 S.C.R. 389
Judgement Date	2017-07-17
Case Number	1185

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Lahu Shrirang Gatkal Vs. State of Maharashtra, Through The Secretary and Ors.