* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 1529/2014
Reserved on: 19th February, 2015
% Date of Decision: 4th March, 2015
GOLAM BISWAS ....Petitioner
Through Mr. Pradeep Jain, Mr. S. Bhattacharya, Mr.
Rajib Mukherjee, Mr. A. Samad, Mr. Shubhankar Jha,
Mr. Ashish Batra, Mr. Kumar Vikram and Mr. Ashish
Bansal, Advocates.
Versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER .....Respondents
Through Mr. Sanjeev Narula, CGSC with Mr. Vidur
Mohan and Mr. Ajay Kalra, Advocates for UOI.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR
SANJIV KHANNA, J.
Golam Biswas has filed the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for quashing of the detention order dated 27th May, 2014 passed under Section 3(1) and order dated 13 th June, 2014 passed under Section 3(1)(i) and 3(1)(iii) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as COFEPOSA Act, for short). The petitioner was served with the aforesaid detention orders and detained under the COFEPOSA Act on 16th June, 2014 while in judicial custody for offence under Section 135 of the Customs Act, 1962.
2. The writ petition was originally filed on 29 th July, 2014 and has since been pending. When the arguments were being put forth in this Bench on 20th January, 2015, it was noticed that the counsel for the W.P. (CRIMINAL) No. 1529/2014