RANJEET SINGH VAISH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) VISHNU Sahai, J. Through this writ petition preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner-detenu Ranjeet Singh Vaishya has impugned the order dated 3-9-2002, passed by J. P. Sharma, Deputy Secretary, Home and Confidential Department, Govt. of U. P (Opposite Party No. 2), detaining him under Section 3 (1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the COFEPOSA Act ).

(2.) THE detention order alongwith the grounds of the detention, which are also dated 3-9-2002, was served on the petitioner-detenu on 7-11-2002 and their true copies have been annexed as Annexure Nos. 1 & 2 respectively to the writ petition.

(3.) WE have heard learned counsel for the parties : "although in this writ petition Mr. Vivek Shrotia, learned counsel for the petitioner-detenu has made a number of pleadings and taken manifold grounds, but since Mr. Virendra Bhatia, learned Senior Advocate has only pressed before us the pleadings contained in paras 7, 8, 9, 13 and 14 of the petition and Grounds (b), (c) and (f) of para 30 thereof and those contained in paras 2 to 14 of the Supplementary Affidavit, dated 13-6-2002, filed by Mr. Vijai Kumar Sharma, we are not adverting to the other pleadings and the grounds on which the impugned order has been assailed. "