Leema Rose vs The District Magistrate And on 29 March, 2012
63. The learned Public Prosecutor based reliance on the decision rendered in Crl.A.No.417 of 2012 in the case of Subramanian vs. State of Tamil Nadu and another. In that case, the detenu was branded as a Goonda and detained under the Tamil Nadu Act 14 of 1982. The Apex Court while considering the question whether the action of the detenu is only a law and order problem or a public order problem , the Apex Court considered the nature of the activities indulged in by the detenu and has pointed out the distinction between law and order or public order. In the said decision, in paragraphs 12 and 13, it has been held as follows:-