STATE OF MAHARASHTRA . vs SARFARAJ BIRJIS KADAR SHAIKH — Crl.A. No. 600/2000

Case Summary Case: Crl.A. No. 000600/2000 | State of Maharashtra v. Santosh Shankar Acharya | Date: 01/08/2000 Decision: The Supreme Court dismissed Maharashtra's appeals, upholding the High Court's decision that failure to inform detainees of their right to make representations to the detaining officer (when detention is ordered by an officer under Section 3(2) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act) violates Article 22(5) of the Constitution and invalidates the detention order. The Court held that until the State Government approves such an order within 12 days, the issuing officer remains the detaining authority and must inform the detainee of representation rights to that officer. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.