JAGAN NATH SATHU versus THE UNION OF INDIA
Pakistan is a foreign power for the purposes of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950 and 'foreign affairs' under Item 9, List I, Seventh Schedule; the Advisory Board's procedures did not contravene principles of natural justice, and sufficient particulars were provided to enable representation.
- Parties
- Petitioner: Jagan Nath Sathu; Respondent: Union of India
- Jurisdiction
- India
- Judgment Date
- 20 January 1960
- Procedural Posture
- Writ Petition Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India / Judgment After Hearing
- Outcome
- Petition dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Preventive Detention, Principles of Natural Justice, Interpretation of 'foreign Powers' and 'foreign Affairs' Under Constitution
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Parties
Jagan Nath Sathu
Petitioner
Union of India
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Writ Petition Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India / Judgment After Hearing
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether Pakistan is a foreign power for purposes of preventive detention under the Preventive Detention Act, 1950
- 2 Whether the principles of natural justice were violated by the Advisory Board's procedure
- 3 Whether the grounds of detention provided adequate particulars to enable representation
Ratio Decidendi
Pakistan is a foreign power for the purposes of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950 and 'foreign affairs' under Item 9, List I, Seventh Schedule; the Advisory Board's procedures did not contravene principles of natural justice, and sufficient particulars were provided to enable representation.
Court Disposition
Petition dismissed
Orders
- Petition dismissed.
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