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 ...

The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a writ petition challenging preventive detention order under the Prevention of ...

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

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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.

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 co-owner of a Swiss bar which went up in flames during New Year celebrations has been placed in preventive detention for ...

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

The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will rely on current law to hold terrorism suspects, instead of establishing a new and more permanent policy that would have institutionalized ...