Bombay High Court Quashes Detention Order Under MPDA Act for Non-Communication of Grounds in Tamil Language — Right to Make Effective Representation Violated Under Article 22(5) of Constitution of India. The court held that failure to provide grounds of detention in a language understood by the illiterate Tamil-speaking detenu infringed his constitutional right to make an effective representation, rendering the detention illegal.
19 Oct 2006The petitioner, Anna Durai @ Dilli Ganpati Devendra, an illiterate Tamil-speaking person residing in Mumbai, was detained under Section 3(2) of the Ma...
