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J&K&L HC: Preventive Detention Invalid When Based on Speculative Fear of Election Disturbance - (23 Apr 2026)

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High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh held that a preventive detention order based on speculative apprehension of disruption to Parliamentary elections, without any proximate or concrete material, lacks a live nexus and is therefore liable to be quashed.

Tags : PREVENTIVE DETENTION; ELECTION; SPECULATIVE FEAR  

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