NARENDRA PURSHOTAM UMRAO ETC. vs B. B. GUJRAL & ORS..

The Supreme Court upheld the detention of the appellant under Section 3(1) of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, ruling that the government's handling of the detenu's representations complied with Article 22(5) of the Constitution. The Court clarified that the obligation to consider representations is separate from the duty to forward them to the Advisory Board. It emphasized that constitutional safeguards must be read into Section 8(b) of the Act to prevent arbitrary executive action, thus confirming the legality of the detention order.