Charanjit Talwar J.

( 1 ) ABDUL Aziz Mohammad alias Aziz Chuba claiming to be resident of Dubai has filed this petition through his brother, Ahmed Hazi Mohd, a resident of of Bombay, seeking setting aside of the order of detention passed against the former by the Govt of India on 11. 7. 78 u/s 3 (1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smugling Activities Act, 1974, ( the Act )

( 2 ) THE petitioner s case is that he is a citizen of India and is carrying on business in the name of M/s. Aziz and Co. , at Dubai. He has been residing there for the last over 15 years. It is averred that through a press release which was given publicity on the television in India it came to be known that an order of detention under the Act had been passed against the petitioner. Thereupon he filed a writ petition in this High Court seeking quashing of the same. As he had not been served with the detention order he was unable to annex a copy of the same with the petition. On issuance of a show cause notice of that petition, the respondents herein, the Union of India filed the impugned detention order as also the grounds of detention with their answer. The Govt. also filed copies of ord

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