LAWS(SC)-1998-7-40

KARIMABEN K BAGAD Vs. STATE OF GUJARAT

Decided On July 22, 1998
KARIMABEN K.BAGAD Appellant
V/S
STATE OF GUJARAT Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The husband of the appellant was detained by an order of detention, dated 25-2-1977 under the provisions of COFEPOSA. That order of detention was challenged by filing a writ petition, being Special Criminal Application No. 101 of 1977 in the High Court of Gujarat. During the pendency of the petition, the order of detention was revoked by the Government on 4-8-1977 and the Court on 8-8-1977 made the following order:

(3.) The High Court, thus, did not go into the merits of the case and the various grounds on which the order of detention had been questioned.