Disposed
Bhavnaben Pankajbhai Javaharbhai Machharekar v. State of Gujarat
Gujarat HCSCA/2995/2018
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
This writ petition challenged pre-detention proceedings. The court noted the detaining authority explicitly abandoned the proposal to detain under the PASA Act for the specific offence, rendering the petition unsustainable. The court disposed of the matter accordingly and permitted direct service.
What did the court decide?
The petition was disposed of as it no longer survived in light of the disclosure that there was no proposal to detain the petitioner.