The Karnataka High Court held that the documents in English, which the detenue did not understand, prevented him from making an effective representation against the detention order.

The notification was issued by Department of Home Affairs, with Additional Chief Secretary Alok Shekhar signing the order on behalf of the Governor of Punjab.

Since Independence, a number of laws have been enacted that allow preventive detention which have been widely used by all ...

In a bid to ensure that there is no delay in processing the preventive detention orders, the Bombay High Court recently ...

Observing that preventive detention can't be used just to prolong the custody of stubborn offenders, the SC has said it cannot be invoked b.

The Supreme Court has a great opportunity to prevent and stop manifold injustices caused to detenus under various preventive detention laws. I have in mind the preventive detention of Sonam Wangchuk.

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In a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court held that Preventive Detention is a 'punishment without a trial' and thus, a detention proposal made by a sponsoring authority without prior ...

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court recently set aside a preventive detention order passed by the Thane police commissioner and was ...