Gujarat High Court
SCA/2401/1999 of ICHCHHIBEN WD/O MOHANBHAI MANGABHAI DAULIYA PATEL Vs COMMISSIONER OF POLICE on 23 November 1999
HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No 2401 of 1999 For Approval and Signature: Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE A.L.DAVE ============================================================ 1. Whether Reporters of Local Papers may be allowed : NO to see the judgements? 2. To be referred to the
SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No 2401 of 1999
For Approval and Signature:
Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE A.L.DAVE
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-------------------------------------------------------------- ICHCHHIBEN WD/O MOHANBHAI MANGABHAI DAULIYA PATELVersus COMMISSIONER OF POLICE -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: MR SUNIL C PATEL for Petitioner RULE SERVED for Respondent No. 1, 2, 3
-------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : MR.JUSTICE A.L.DAVE
Date of decision: 23/11/1999
ORAL JUDGEMENT
The Commissioner of Police, Surat passed an order on 19.2.99 in exercise of powers under Section 3(1) of the Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act, 1985 (PASA for short) detaining the petitioner. The Detaining Authority passed the order on the ground that the petitioner was involved in bootlegging and was a bootlegger as defined in the PASA Act and that he behaves in a high handed manner to pursue his activities resulting in disruption of public order and therefore detention under PASA is the only remedy.
2. The petitioner challenges that order of detention on the ground that some of the papers supplied with the detention order are not legible and therefore the petitioner's right of making an effective representation is adversely affected.
3. Mr.S.C.Patel, Ld. Advocate appearing for the petitioner has restricted his arguments to this aspect alone.
4. The papers supplied to the petitioner alongwith the order of detention are demonstrated to be illegible by Mr.Patel and Mr.H.H.Patel, Ld.AGP also fairly conceded to this aspect. It is a settled proposition of law that if the documents relied upon by the Detaining Authority are not legible, it amounts to non-communication which would result into a denial of right of making any effective representation. This would therefore vitiate the order of detention passed by the Detaining Authority. In Pokhrajbhai Sohanbhai Tandel Vs. District Magistrate, 1992, reported in 1992 GLR 755, a Division Bench of this Court held that, if out of the copies of documents supplied to the detenue copy of one document is found to be illegible, it would infringe the right of the detenue of making a effective representation and therefore the detention order is therefore liable to be set aside.
5. In view of the above legal & factual situation, the petition deserves to be allowed only on the ground of non-supply of legible copies, the factual aspect of which is now not disputed.
6. The petition is therefore allowed. The order passed by the Police Commissioner of Surat dated 19.2.99 is hereby quashed and set aside. The petitioner Ichchhiben sd/ of Mohanbhai be set at liberty forthwith if not required in any other case. Rule made absolute accordingly. No Costs.
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