Anti-Social Activities Act, 1985 -
Sections 2(h) , 2 (i) --"Property grabber", "unauthorised
structure"-Meaning of.
Words and Phrases-"Property ... with Sri Ganesh that the appellants
are not property rabbits. From the definition of property
grabber and the reasons in the impugned order
ground that the petitioner is a property grabber carrying on unauthorized constructions and as such, is required to be prevented from carrying on such activities ... petitioner who had constructed upon his own property can in no manner be labelled as a property grabber. It was further submitted that even
from 1982-2000 as President of the society was detained as Property Grabber under PASA on the same grounds for which he has relied upon ... Government. Thus, the petitioner cannot be said to be property grabber as defined under Section 2(h) of the Act.
3.10 The learned advocate submitted
Section 2(h) of the Act reads as follows:
(h) property grabber means a person who illegally takes possession of any lands not belonging ... dangerous person or drug offender of immoral traffic offender or property grabber, which affect adversely or are likely to affect adversely the maintenance of public
detention is passed on the
ground that the petitioner is Property Grabber .
From
the grounds of detention, it appears that the Detaining Authority
has considered ... stated above, the Detaining Authority has
branded the petitioner as Property Grabber and passed order of
detention against him. The said order has still
property grabbibg by the petitioner. The property grabbing in the strict sense means grabbing of property by taking possession of land belonging to somebody else ... property about which the two criminal cases were registered against the petitioner, the petitioner could not be called as property grabber. In those civil suits
detention of bootleggers, dangerous persons, drug offenders, immoral traffic offenders and property grabbers for preventing their anti-social and dangerous activities prejudicial to the maintenance ... dangerous person or drug offender or immoral traffic offender or property grabber, which affect adversely or are likely to affect adversely the maintenance of public
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'property grabber' as defined under Section 2(h) of the Act and
hence ... preventive detention order mentions that the
petitioner is a "property grabber". The "property grabber" has
been defined under Section
detention of bootleggers, dangerous persons, drug offenders, immoral traffic offenders and property grabbers for preventing their anti-social and dangerous activities prejudicial to the maintenance ... known as bootleggers, dangerous persons, drug offenders, immoral traffic offenders and property grabbers, and whereas having regard to the resources and influence of the persons
boot-leggers, dangerous
person, drug offenders, immoral traffic offenders and property
grabbers for preventing their antisocial and dangerous activities
prejudicial to the maintenance of public ... drug
offender", "immoral traffic offender" and "property grabber" are
defined under clauses (b), (c), (f), (h) and (i) of Section
