1980 (11) TMI 152

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....y the Deputy Secretary, Home Department, Government of Punjab, under Section 3(1) of Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (COFEPOSA). The petitioner claims to have been arrested on 5-5-1980 although according to the counsel for the State the date of his arrest was 13-5-1980. In the view that we take in this case the question as to when the petitioner wa....

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....on a proper construction of Article 22(5) of the Constitution, the service of the grounds of detention on the detenu can be complete only if they are accompained by the documents or materials on which the order of detention is based; for then alone will the detenu be able to make an effective representation. In other words, the documents which form the basis of the order of detention are not serve....