J&K Public Safety Act 1978 Archives

detention quashed for non-application of mind

Jail-allotment letter issued before detention order? J&K and Ladakh HC quashes Preventive Detention for non-application of mind

The High Court reiterated that a person already in custody can be detained preventively only on cogent material showing a real possibility of release.

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K HC | HC does not sit in appeal over decision of detaining authority and cannot substitute its own opinion, when grounds of detention are precise & relevant

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Tashi Rabstan J., in a matter relating to preventive detention declined to provide opinion over that of