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SC: Preventive Detention Law is a Colonial Legacy - (12 Apr 2023)

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Supreme Court while observing that preventive detention law is a colonial legacy, has held that every procedural rigidity must be followed in entirety by Government in cases of preventive detention, and every lapse in procedure must give rise to a benefit to the case of the detenue.

Tags : SUPREME COURT   PREVENTIVE DETENTION   COLONIAL LEGACY  

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