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PETITIONER: LAWRENCE JOACHIM JOSEPH D’SOUZA
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF BOMBAY.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 24/04/1956
BENCH: JAGANNADHADAS, B. BENCH: JAGANNADHADAS, B. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN (CJ) AIYYAR, T.L. VENKATARAMA SINHA, BHUVNESHWAR P. IMAM, SYED JAFFER
CITATION: 1956 AIR 531 1956 SCR 382
ACT: Preventive Detention-Espionage activity-Grounds whether vague-Vagueness due to non-disclosure of facts in public interest Whether vitiates order-Claim of privilege-When should be communicated-Mala fides.
HEADNOTE: Appellant was detained under s. 3(1)(a)(i) of the Preventive Detention Act, Act IV of 1950 on the grounds that with the financial help given by the Portuguese authorities he was carrying on espionage on their behalf with the help of underground workers and that he was also collecting intelligence about the security arrangements on the border area and was making such intelligence available to the Portuguese authorities. Appellant made no application to the Government for further particulars. Held, that in these circumstances and having regard to the fact that what is alleged is espionage activity, the grounds could not be considered to be vague. In answer to the objection in the writ application before the High Court that ...