Mehrunissa vs State Of Maharashtra on 17 February, 1981
"Therefore, it is imperative that the detaining authority has
to serve the grounds of detention which include also all the
relevant documents which had been considered in forming
the subjective satisfaction by the detaining authority before
making the order of detention and referred to in the list of
documents accompanying the grounds of detention in
order to enable the detenu to make an effective
representation to the Advisory board as well as to the
detaining authority. Therefore, the non-supply of legible
copy of this vital document i.e. panchnama dated February
12, 1988 in spite of the request made by the detenu to
supply the same renders the order of detention illegal and
bad. This Court in Mehrunissa v. State of Maharashtra has
observed that: (1981) 2 SCC 709 (SCC p.710) :