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Maintenance of Internal Security Act

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STATE OF MANIPUR AND ORS.versusSANASAM ONGBI AND ANR.

1999 INSC 475Appeal(s) allowed

The State of Manipur detained Sanasam Ongbi under Section 3(3) of the National Security Act, 1980. The Gauhati High Court quashed the detention order, holding that the State had violated Section 3(5) because the report of the detention did not reach the Central Government within seven days. On …

MRS. T. DEVAKIversusGOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND ORS.

1990 INSC 79Case Allowed

Mrs. T. Devaki, wife of R. Thamaraikani, challenged a detention order dated 15‑08‑1989 issued under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act, 1982. The order, passed by the Collector and District Magistrate, alleged that Thamaraikani’s assault on a minister at a public seminar …

UNION OF INDIA & OTHERSversusHAJI MASTAN MIRZA

1984 INSC 45Dismissed

Haji Mastan Mirza was first detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and subsequently under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1973 (COFEPOSA). A show‑cause notice under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of …

SEWAKRAM SOBHANIversusR.K. KARANJIA, CHIEF EDITOR, WEEKLY BLITZ & ORS.

1981 INSC 105Appeal(s) allowed

Sewakram Sobhani, a former detainee, sued the editor of the Blitz weekly for defamation after the newspaper published a story alleging he impregnated a female detainee, based on a confidential government enquiry report. The magistrate ordered the plea to be recorded under CrPC s.251 without …