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PETITIONER: SHAMARAO V. PARULEKAR
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, THANA, BOMBAY AND TWO OTHERSPetitio
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 26/05/1952
BENCH: BOSE, VIVIAN BENCH: BOSE, VIVIAN SASTRI, M. PATANJALI (CJ) MAHAJAN, MEHR CHAND MUKHERJEA, B.K. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN
CITATION: 1952 AIR 324 1952 SCR 683 CITATOR INFO : R 1953 SC 52 (8) R 1956 SC 614 (7) RF 1986 SC2146 (9) R 1991 SC 704 (B,7)
ACT: Preventive Detention Act (IV of 1050)--Amendment Acts of 1951 and 1952--Detention order under Act of 1950 as amended in 1951 --Extension of duration of Act by Amending Act of 1952 until 1st October, 1952--Whether extends period of detention--Amendment Acts--Rule of construction__"Prin- cipal Act," meaning of-Validity ors. 3 of Amending Act of 1952--Legality of detention after 1st April, 1952--Constitu- tion Of India Arts. 14, 22(4) and (7). 89 684
HEADNOTE: An order directing the detention of the petitioner was made on the 15th of November, 1951, under the Preventive Detention Act of 1950 as amended by the Amending Act of 1951, which prolonged the duration of the Act of 1950 up to the 1st April, 1952. The Preventive Detention (Amendment) Act of 1952 extended the duration of the Act of 1950 for a further period of six months, that is to say, until the 1st October, 1952. Section 3 of the Act of 1952 provided further that de...