Pranab Doley’s NSA detention rested on “stale cases”, the Gauhati High Court has held, quashing the order after finding that the authorities adopted “a short cut” instead of following due process, withheld key documents and left his second representation undecided. Guwahati: A detention order that leaned on 13 criminal cases, one ending in discharge and […]
MP High Court Quashes NSA Detention Order passed against an Indore man, holding that a detention order under the National Security Act that does not specify the period of detention is unsustainable in law. Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore has quashed a detention order passed by the District Magistrate, Indore, under Section […]
A delay of about 52 days in deciding his representation was satisfactorily explained, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has held, upholding the preventive detention of a red sanders smuggling accused. Amaravati: A habeas corpus petition by the wife of a man held under the State’s Goondas Act for alleged red sanders smuggling has failed. The […]
Lucknow or Noida? Journalist Satyam Verma says CCTV footage and call records place him in Lucknow on the day of the Noida violence, while the detention order alleges he incited workers to violence. The Allahabad High Court has now reserved judgment on his NSA detention habeas plea. Prayagraj: After hearing the parties on October 7 […]
