...SCR 709 this Court pointed out the difference between maintenance of law and order and its disturbance and the maintenance of public order and its disturbance. Public ...public order is to be distinguished from acts directed against individuals which do not disturb the society to the extent of causing a general disturbance of...public tranquillity. It is the degree of disturbance and its affect upon the life of the community in a locality which determines whether the disturbance amounts only to a breach of law and ...

...offences in which he has been falsely implicated which details have not been supplied to the son of the petitioner, as such the order of detention is liable to be quashed. (g) That disturbance ...satisfaction regarding the disturbance of public order which satisfaction the detaining authority has not record. Even otherwise, there is no question of disturbance of public ...is no material wherefrom it can be gathered that there is a disturbance of public order, thus the detention of the son of the petitioner is liable to be quashed." 2. As disclosed ...

.... (1970) 1 SCC 98, (1970) 3 SCR 288 the Court dealt with the matter in the following words:“Public order is the even tempo ...public order is to be distinguished from acts directed against individuals which do not disturb the society to the extent of causing a general disturbance of...public tranquillity. It is the degree of disturbance and its effect upon the life of the community in a locality which determines whether the disturbance amounts only to a breach of law and ...

...connection with the disturbance of public order. Fazal Ali, J. while rejecting that contention said (at p. 126): “From a perusal of this we are unable to accept the content...of the petitioner that this ground has no nexus with the disturbance of public order. It is true that the ground contains a single incident of theft of valuable property from some passeng....3. The principal contention urged for the petitioners relates to the oft-repeated question, — that the ground of detention has no nexus to the “public order”, but is purely a matter for “law a...

.... (1970) 1 SCC 98, 1970 SCC (Cri) Therein it was observed that “public order” is the even tempo of the life of the community takin...“public order” is to be distinguished from acts directed against individuals which do not disturb the society to the extent of causing a general disturbance of...public tranquillity. It is the degree of disturbance and its effect upon the life of the community in a locality which determines whether the disturbance amounts only to a breach of “law and ...

...that what in a given situation may be a matter covered by law and order, on account of its impact on the society may really turn out to be one of ‘public order’. It was observed:...man who molests the girls in lonely places causes a disturbance in the even tempo of living which is the first requirement of public order. He disturbs the society and the community. His act makes all the ...not necessary to give the expression a narrow meaning because, as has been observed, the expression ‘in the interest of public order’ is very wide.”14. In ...

...associates created panic in the station area and in the adjoining locality. You created disturbance of public order thereby.”3. The petitioner was informed that he...in the proceedings of the Board. In this view we find no validity in this submission. Lastly it is contended that the acts specified in grounds do not amount to disturbance of public order though...complained of by the detenu had created panic and terror in the locality and because of that it was held that those acts were prejudicial to the maintenance of public order. In this case, however, it is ur...

...B.C Ray, J.— These two appeals by special leave are against the order passed on February 14, 1985 by the High Court of Allahabad dismissing the Writ Petition No. 5806 of 1984 and Writ Petition No. 58...victims of the incident; whether the act or acts disturb the even tempo of life of the society or a section of society; whether the act leads to disturbance of public order or on...disturbance of public tranquillity.9. It has now been well settled by several decisions of this Court (the latest one being ...

...society. It is the degree of disturbance and its impact upon the even tempo of life of the society or the people of a locality which determines whether the disturbance caused by such activity amou...”. If the activity falls within the category of disturbance of “public order” then it becomes essential to treat such a criminal and...98 this Court had an occasion to deal with the distinction between law and order and public order. Hidayatullah, C.J (as he then was), speaking for the Court observed that public order would embrace mo...

...printer, publisher and editor of a weekly journal in English called Cross Roads, printed and published in Bombay, was detained under the Madras Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1949. The detention order wa...apprehension of public disorder. Other examples can be imagined. The contravention of law always affects order but before it can be said to affect public order, it must affect the community or the...this judgment, by giving various illustrations, very serious effort has been made to explain the basic distinction between “public order” and “law and order”. The relevant portion reads as under:...

...father's life and assaulted two other individuals. He was detained under Section 3(2) of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950 in order to prevent him from acting prejudicially to the maintenance of public ...the public order, is a question of degree and the extent of the reach of the act upon society. The test is: Does it lead to a disturbance of...the even tempo of the life of the community so as to amount to a disturbance of the public order, or...

...round in self-defence, when you all fled away. You created disturbance of public order thereby.(2) That on July 5, 1971, night again at 20.30 hrs., you...all fled away, you created disturbance of public order thereby.”4. Section 3(2) of the Act defines the expression “acting in any manner prejudicial to the...disturbance of the public order is one of degree and the extent of the reach of the act upon the society. An act by itself is not determinative of its own gravity. In its quality...

...petitioner and his associates created panic in the Station area and in the adjoining locality and also thereby created disturbance of public order.2. On July 9, 1971, the...rice from the said wagon, the second part relating to the throwing of bombs at the R.P.F party and thereby causing injury to one of the said party, and thirdly of creating panic and disturbance of ...at the Police party. Such acts were bound to create panic in the Station area amongst the people residing in or frequenting that area, and must have also caused disturbance of public order. The...

...that case the difference between maintenance of law and order and its disturbance and the maintenance of public order and its disturbance in the following words...: “Public order was said to embrace more of the community than law and order. Public order is the even tempo of the life of the community taking ...public order is to be distinguished from acts directed against individuals which do not disturb the society to the extent of causing a general disturbance of public tranquillity. It is the degree ...

...District Magistrate, Bijnor is whether a solitary incident can amount to disturbance of public order or not.FACTS:2. The grounds of detention as mentioned in the impugned...question, if at all, may amount to disturbance of “law and order” and not “public order”.1st SUBMISSION: Approval/Report of advisory Board—within time.5. From the rec...first submission of the learned Counsel for the petitioner does not have force.2nd SUBMISSION:-Single incident may relate to disturbance of “public order”.6. The...

...detention that he has committed several offences and has acted as a head strong person; without specifying which activities of his resulted into disturbance of public order. If the details of the ...registered against the petitioner are perused, none of the cases contain the facts pointing to the disturbance of public order. Learned AGP has also principally relied upon the statement of detenu...above-mentioned and has not been able to contend that the cases previously registered against the petitioner point to the disturbance of public order. It is not the quantity of...

...FIR itself cannot lead to disturbance of even tempo of public life and therefore the public order. The order of detention is assailed by the detenu on various grounds mentioned i...be said to be sufficient enough to arrive at subjective satisfaction to the effect that the activities, as alleged, are prejudicial to the public order or lead to disturbance of public order. Ther...maintenance of public health and public order. In support of the above submission, learned counsel for the detenu has placed reliance on judgment of the Apex Court in the case of...

...served on him amounted to a single incident and had no causal connection with the disturbance of the public order. The ground served on the petition was as follows...with booty from the running train at Suryapur R.SYour action caused confusion, panic and disturbed public order there then.You have thus act...at night and this would undoubtedly disturb the even tempo of the life of the community. For these reasons we are satisfied that the ground mentioned in the order did have a nexus with the disturbance...

...and desparate character out to create chaos, disorder, subversion and the like to achieve your ends. Your remaining at large is prejudicial to the maintenance of public order and also to the security of the State. ...therein should be disturbance of public order.6. As already mentioned, while the order of detention states that it was being made with a view to preventing the detenu f...course of the grounds that by the detenu remaining at large, the security of the State was likely to be prejudiced.8. The expressions “law and order”, “public order” and “s...