Supreme Court Upholds Detention Under COFEPOSA Act for Gold Smuggling Syndicate Kingpin — Non-Application of Mind and Live Link Contentions Rejected. The Court held that the detenu's involvement in smuggling, abetting, transporting, concealing, and dealing in smuggled gold brought all clauses (i) to (iv) of Section 3(1) of COFEPOSA Act into play, and the reference to an NDPS case did not vitiate the detention order.
6 Mar 2025The appeal arose from a challenge to a preventive detention order under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Ac...





