TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
1988 (8) TMI 278
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.....]. - The Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra, Home Department, by order dated March 16, 1988 passed in exercise of powers under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, directed detention of Mukhamed Husain Muhammed Shafi under the Act with a view to prevent him from smuggling goods. The order of detention was ....
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....rder dated July 13, 1987 on condition that the detenu would come back after ten days. On this material the detaining authority came to the conclusion that it is necessary to pass order of detention under the Act in order to prevent the detenu from indulging in prejudicial activities in future. The order of detention is under challenge at the behest of mother of the detenu. 2. Shri Khan, lear....
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.... authority passed order on December 7, 1987. The proposal along with the documents were forwarded to the Government on February 1,1988 and thereafter the order was issued on March 16, 1988. From the bare perusal of paragraph 7 of the return, it is clear that the detaining authority has failed to explain the considerable delay in passing the order of detention. We enquired from the learned Public P....