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Activist seeks High Court stay on Bengal's ‘anti-goonda’ law, calls it oppressive

July 13, 2026 5:06 pm

The law, which empowers the government to detain a person for an year without trial if necessary to prevent future anti-social activity, took effect on Monday.

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Preventive detention cannot be used to defeat bail, says Allahabad High Court

July 08, 2026 2:07 pm

The Allahabad High Court cancelled a one-year preventive detention order against a man, holding that authorities cannot use such extraordinary powers as a way to bypass bail orders.

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Amarnath Yatra: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court ends preventive custody of man with ‘extremist links’

May 18, 2026 2:38 pm

The authorities had detained the man on grounds that he had demonstrated consistent ideological alignment with terrorists and separatist elements, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court noted.

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‘Liberty a cherished right’: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court quashes 20-year-old’s preventive detention

March 06, 2026 4:34 pm

Preventive detention orders need to be passed with great caution, keeping in mind that a citizen’s most valuable right of liberty is being curtailed, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court stated.

Karnataka HC sets aside preventive detention order as all documents supplied to detenue were not in Kannada

January 28, 2026 3:05 pm

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.

In such instances of illegal detention, legal remedies should be exercised that enables the detenue to preserve the right to personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.

When detention becomes illegal: Key rulings and constitutional safeguards

November 18, 2025 5:16 pm

Article 22 safeguards, police illegal arrest laws: Time and again Indian courts have emphasised that unlawful detention not only violates personal liberty but also undermines public trust in the justice system.

155 taken into preventive custody

April 17, 2014 12:14 pm

The Punjab Police on Wednesday took 155 people in preventive custody owing to 17 farmer and labour organisations resorting to rail roko agitation on Wednesday.

Highway blocked in Pimpri,150 held

August 17, 2011 3:48 am

Over 2,000 activists,citizens and industrial workers brought the Pune-Mumbai highway to a grinding halt for nearly one hour as they staged a demonstration in support of Anna Hazare.