BINOD BIHARI MAHATO versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

BINOD BIHARI MAHATO versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

The detention order was validly based on the District Magistrate's satisfaction that detention was necessary to prevent activities prejudicial to the maintenance of public order; the Hindi version (the authoritative version) confined the satisfaction to public order and the addition of "or the security of the State" in the English version was an obvious inadvertent error that did not vitiate the order; the grounds (2)–(6) were sufficiently detailed and were the instances actually relied upon, and alleged additional materials were not shown to have been considered by the detaining authority.

Parties
Petitioner: Binod Bihari Mahato; Respondent: State of Bihar & Ors.
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
01 October 1974
Procedural Posture
Writ Petition Under Article 32 / Original Jurisdiction Judgment
Outcome
Petition dismissed; rule discharged
Legal Topics
Validity of Detention Under MISA, Grounds of Detention, Subjective Satisfaction of Detaining Authority, Public Order Vs Security of the State, Service of Grounds in Hindi and English
Constitutional Law Preventive Detention Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 Validity of Detention Under MISA Grounds of Detention Subjective Satisfaction of Detaining Authority Public Order Vs Security of the State Service of Grounds in Hindi and English

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Parties

Binod Bihari Mahato

Petitioner

State of Bihar & Ors.

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Writ Petition Under Article 32 / Original Jurisdiction Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the addition of the words "or the security of the State" in the English version vitiated the detention order by creating a disjunctive satisfaction
  2. 2 Whether the first ground alleging propagation of communal hatred was vague or unintelligible
  3. 3 Whether the District Magistrate relied on undisclosed instances not set out in grounds (2) to (6)

Ratio Decidendi

The detention order was validly based on the District Magistrate's satisfaction that detention was necessary to prevent activities prejudicial to the maintenance of public order; the Hindi version (the authoritative version) confined the satisfaction to public order and the addition of "or the security of the State" in the English version was an obvious inadvertent error that did not vitiate the order; the grounds (2)–(6) were sufficiently detailed and were the instances actually relied upon, and alleged additional materials were not shown to have been considered by the detaining authority.

Court Disposition

Petition dismissed; rule discharged

Orders

  • Rule discharged
  • Writ petition under Article 32 dismissed