COFEPOSA: Detention Ordered On Multiple Grounds Will Survive Even If One Ground Is Legally Unsustainable: SC [Read Judgment]

“Once it is found that the detention order contains many grounds, even if one of them is to be rejected, principle of segregation contained in Section 5A gets attracted.”, the Bench said.The Supreme Court, in Gautam Jain vs. Union of India, has reiterated that if detention order under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (COFEPOSA) Act, 1974, is based...