2000 (1) TMI 563

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..... N. Singh, Sr. Advocate, S/Shri B.C. Baruah, Avijit Bhattacharjee, Advocates with him, for the Respondent. [Order]. Leave granted. 2. The respondent was apprehended on 17th February, 1977 and it is the case of the appellant that detonators were found in his possession. A charge sheet was filed against him under the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908 ( t .....

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..... tion of the respondent was granted by the Additional District Magistrate of the district concerned and, in this behalf, reliance was placed, on behalf of the appellant, upon a notification dated 24th April, 1995 issued by the appellant whereunder it appointed the Joint Collector and Executive Magistrate as Additional District Magistrate for the District of Gwalior and directed that he should exer .....

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..... itional District Magistrate a power of the Central Government which the Central Government has delegated to the District Magistrate. 6. The decision of this Court in Hari Chand Aggarwal v. The Batala Engineering Co. Ltd. [AIR 1969 SC 483] is also of some relevance. This Court said that where, by virtue of a notification under Section 20 of the Defence of India Act, the Central Government had del .....

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