Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974

The appellant, sister‑in‑law of Abdul Raoof, challenged his detention under Section 3 of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA) and the subsequent confirmation order, alleging that the detaining authority had not supplied WhatsApp chat records that were relied upo…

The Union of India sought to detain Dimple Happy Dhakad and Nisar Pallathukadavil Aliyar under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA) for allegedly smuggling over 3,300 kg of gold from the UAE. Detention orders dated 17‑05‑2019 were served on 18‑05‑2019, while the…

The husband of petitioner Tsering Dolkar was detained under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 after customs seized large quantities of gold, foreign currency and Indian rupees from his residence. The detention order and the grounds supporting it, along with 17 documen…

The petitioner, N.K. Bapna, Managing Director of a plastic manufacturing company, was issued a preventive detention order under Section 3(1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, for allegedly abetting smuggling of goods stored in bonded warehouses. He challenged the or…

The petitioners, the wife of a man detained under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange & Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, challenged his detention order (s.3(1)) and subsequent declaration (s.9) before the Supreme Court under Article 32. They argued that the government’s delay in disposing a representation…