Court Rules Detention Unlawful in Smuggling Case, Citing Personal Liberty Under Article 21 of Indian Constitution.

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....Detention of detenue - Smuggling of goods/abetting the smuggling of goods - seizure of gold - Though we are conscious of the fact that the period of detention would come to an end in a couple of days, since it is our constitutionally entrusted duty to safeguard the rule of law, more so, in a matter involving personal liberty which is sacrosanct and protected under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, we have no choice but to hold the detention to be bad in the eye of law. - HC....