Supreme Court Dismisses Habeas Corpus Petition Challenging Preventive Detention Under Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971; Theft of Overhead Traction Wire Constituted Threat to Supplies and Services. The Court Held That Acts Amounting to Theft Could Be Prejudicial to Maintenance of Supplies and Services Essential to the Community When Committed on a Large Scale, and Delay in Considering Detenu's Representation Did Not Vitiate Detention as the Act Only Required Placing the Case Before the Advisory Board....
Background: The petitioner, Arun Kumar Roy alias Katu, was detained under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 by an order of the District Magistrate of Howrah. He filed a writ petition unde...
