SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
NENAVATH BUJJI ETC. vs THE STATE OF TELANGANA AND OTHERS
Criminal Appeal No 1738-39 of 2024 (Arising out of SLP (Criminal) Nos 3390-91 of 2024) On 21 March 2024
Hon'ble Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra
Case Type: Criminal Appeal
Final Decision:
Advocates:
Citations:
2024 0 CJ(SC) 165
ACTS REFERRED:
Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot-Leggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders Land-Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticide Offenders, Fertiliser Offenders, Food Adulteration Offenders, Fake Document Offenders, Scheduled Commodities Offenders, Forest Offenders, Gaming Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Explosive Substances Offenders, Arms Offenders, Cyber Crime Offenders and White Collar or Financial Offenders Act, 1986, Section 3(2)
(A) Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot-Leggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders Land-Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticide Offenders, Fertiliser Offenders, Food Adulteration Offenders, Fake Document Offenders, Scheduled Commodities Offenders, Forest Offenders, Gaming Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Explosive Substances Offenders, Arms Offenders, Cyber Crime Offenders and White Collar or Financial Offenders Act, 1986, Section 3(2) both the appellants are co-detenus and the challenge is also to the self-same judgment and order passed by the High Court those were taken up for hearing analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.
Judgement Text
For the convenience of the exposition, this judgement is divided in the following parts: -
INDEX
A. FACTUAL MATRIX
B. IMPUGNED JUDGMENT OF THE HIGH COURT
C. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANTS
D. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENTS
E. ANALYSIS
i. Extraneous Considerations that weighed with the Detaining Authority thereby vitiating the Order of Preventive Detention
ii. Summary of the Findings
iii. The Saga Continues
iv. Role of the Advisory Board
F. CONCLUSION
1. Leave granted in both the captioned appeals.
2. Since, the issues raised in both the captioned appeals are the same; both the appellants are co-detenus and the challenge is also to the self-same judgment and order passed by the High Court those were taken up for hearing analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.
3. For the sake of convenience, the Criminal Appeal No.....of 2024 @ SLP (Cri) No. 3390 of 2024 is treated as the lead matter.
4. This appeal is at the instance of a detenu, preventively detained under Section 3(2) of the Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Boot-Leggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders Land-Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticide Offenders, Fertiliser Offenders, Food Adulteration Offenders, Fake Document Offenders,
Scheduled Commodities Offenders, Forest Offenders,
